The Battle of the Berezina - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Battle of the Berezina write by Alexander Mikaberidze. This book was released on 2010-08-19. The Battle of the Berezina available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The full story of Napoleon’s legendary escape from Russia under seemingly impossible odds is recounted in this thrillingly vivid military history. In the winter of 1812, Napoleon's army retreated from Moscow under appalling conditions, hunted by three separate Russian armies. By late November, Napoleon had reached the banks of the River Berezina—the last natural obstacle between his army and the safety of the Polish frontier. But instead of finding the river frozen solid enough to march his men across, an unseasonable thaw had turned the Berezina into an icy torrent. Having already ordered the burning of his bridging equipment, Napoleon's predicament was serious enough: but with the army of Admiral Chichagov holding the opposite bank, and those of Kutusov and Wittgenstein closing fast, it was critical. In a gripping narrative that draws on contemporary sources—including letters, diaries and memoirs—Alexander Mikaberidze describes how Napoleon rose from the pit of despair to execute one of the greatest escapes in military history.
Berezina
Berezina - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Berezina write by Sylvain Tesson. This book was released on 2019-11-07. Berezina available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. October 1812, Napoleon enters Moscow. The Russians have set fire to the city, soon it will be reduced to a pile of ash. The Emperor equivocates, decides to turn back. This is the beginning of the retreat from Russia, a page of history that has become legendary for its degree of suffering and horror, but also for the heroic acts that took place. Two hundred years later, Sylvain Tesson, accompanied by four friends (two Russians and two French), decides to follow the route of the retreat. Perched on two Soviet Ural sidecar motorcycles, they will rejoin Paris from Moscow, guided only by the spectres of the two hundred thousand soldiers who died through cold, starvation, and in battle. Twenty five hundred miles travelled in a wild escapade to salute the ghosts of history, across the white plains of Russia.
Berezina 1812
Berezina 1812 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Berezina 1812 write by Alexander Mikaberidze. This book was released on 2022-12-22. Berezina 1812 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A superbly illustrated narrative of how Napoleon skilfully extracted his Grande Armee from the clutches of the pursuing Russian armies. Much has been written about the Battle of the Berezina and the 1812 Russian campaign in general, during which the cold winter devastated the Grande Armée. Historians often praise Napoleon for his actions at the Berezina and attribute his success to a brilliant strategic mind, laying a trap that deceived the Russians and resulted in a remarkable feat in the history of warfare. Drawing on contemporary sources (letters, diaries, memoirs), and featuring an extensive order of battle, this book recreates in hourly detail one of the great escapes in military history, a story often told with embellishments that require a more critical examination. Although the core of Napoleon's army escaped, tens of thousands were killed in the battle, trampled in the rush for the bridge, drowned in the icy waters of the Berezina, or captured. Written by an acknowledged expert on the period, and using a broad range of sources from all sides, this title brings to life in stunning visual detail, using maps, battlescene artworks and period illustrations, the events of late November 1812, as Napoleon's retreating, desperate Grand Armée extricated itself from the clutches of the Russian armies under Kutuzov, Wittgenstein and Chichagov in an epic feat of heroism and masterful tactics.
Berezina Book - Book 2
Berezina Book - Book 2 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Berezina Book - Book 2 write by Frédéric Richaud. This book was released on 2022-09-22T00:00:00+02:00. Berezina Book - Book 2 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Moscow is now in French hands, but a large part of the city has burned down, and it’s been emptied of all food, fodder and warm clothes. Even as winter approaches, and against the advice of his generals, Napoleon insists on staying, convinced that the Czar will soon surrender to him. But both soldiers and civilians increasingly suffer from hunger and the cold, and the terrifying Cossacks constantly harry any troops sent out to forage for food ...
Berezina - Book 1
Berezina - Book 1 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Berezina - Book 1 write by Frédéric Richaud. This book was released on 2022-05-20T00:00:00+02:00. Berezina - Book 1 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 1812. After the sort of lightning-fast attack he is known for, Napoleon and his colossal Grande Armee have ridden deep into the heart of Russia. But the Russians have no intention of letting him have his way, and several bloody and inconclusive battles have already taken place – no Austerlitz there. So, when the French finally arrive in Moscow, they’re exhausted, starving, weakened, and fervently hoping they’ll get a chance to rest ... and maybe even accept the Czar’s surrender after the fall of his capital ...
