Polish Eyewitnesses to Napoleon's 1812 Campaign: Advance and Retreat in Russia
by Marek Tadeusz Lalowski
English | 2020 | ISBN: 1526782618 | 258 Pages | PDF | 26 MB
by Marek Tadeusz Lalowski
English | 2020 | ISBN: 1526782618 | 258 Pages | PDF | 26 MB
Napoleon’s invasion of Russia cost the lives of hundreds of thousands and changed the course of history. Europe had never seen an army quite like the one gathering in Poland in 1812 – half a million men in brilliant uniforms, plumed shakoes and shimmering helmets. Six months later, it was the ghost of an army, frozen and miserable, that limped back to their horrified homes.