How did it fail? ⚔️ Napoleon's Strategy in Russia, 1812 (Part 1) ⚔️ DOCUMENTARY

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🚩 On June 24th, 1812, the French Emperor Napoleon led 450 thousand men across the Niemen River into Russia, beginning one of the most notorious military disasters in history. Throughout this 6-month campaign, both French and Russian commanders would struggle with forces far greater than any army: politics, logistics and of course, nature.

📢 Narrated by David McCallion

🎼 Music:
Filmstro

📚 Sources:
Chandler D. The Campaigns of Napoleon. Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd 1966.
Griess T ed. Atlas for the Wars of Napoleon. Avery Publishing Group Inc 1986.
Hartley J, Keenan P, Lieven D eds. Russia and the Napoleonic Wars. Palgrave MacMillan 2015.
Lieven D. Russia Against Napoleon. Viking 2010.
Nafziger G. Napoleon’s Invasion of Russia. Presidio 1988.
Black J. The French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. Rowman & Littlefield 2022.
Nester W. Napoleon and the Art of Diplomacy. Savas Beatie 2012.
Voelcker T. Admiral Saumarez versus Napoleon. The Boydell Press 2008.
Lunde H. A Warrior Dynasty. Casemate 2014. [Charles XII]
Marvin Girelli

⭐ Attributions
Geographic Maps:
Google Maps

Political Maps:

Campaign Maps:
Lunde H. A Warrior Dynasty. Casemate 2014. [Charles XII]

Griess T ed. Atlas for the Wars of Napoleon. Avery Publishing Group Inc 1986.

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[HistoryMarche]

🚩 On June 24th, 1812, the French Emperor Napoleon led 450 thousand men across the Niemen River into Russia, beginning one of the most notorious military disasters in history. Throughout this 6-month campaign, both French and Russian commanders would struggle with forces far greater than any army: politics, logistics and of course, nature.

[joeljmmp]

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So nice to see too about my countrys history (Sweden) and our great power era, which, just like Napoleons and Hitlers, also ended in Russia.

[ashaffold]

I like how you concentrate on operational part of war. Many either talk about battles or grand strategy with little regard to maneuvering. You remedy this. Thanks!

[deteon]

This might be one of the greatest videos to come from this channel.
You cover an influential event with excellent illustrations and fantastic discussion. Well done!

[stevevicory]

I am very impressed the detail you went into on Napoleons Logistical set up. I have been a student of Napoleonic history for many years. I have never read/heard about the 26 transport battalions! Huzzah! Keep up the great work!

[Lemme]

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[thomasvandevelde]

Oh I love this one! At least somebody that provides a looking glass at how Napoleon would've seen the situation. To us nowadays, invading Russia overland seems like an impossibility, but back than many armies had ended up in Moscow. It was only after that that the misery truly started.

We often apply hindsightism to these events, thanks for not falling into the same trap!

[blazecraft]

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[KHK]

NIce! a Napoleons video looking forward for part2!

[takethree]

Ooh...I'm going to love this series. Napoleon's Russian campaign and his eventual defeat has always been sort of a mystery to me. Thank you!

[Hawktotalwar]

Napoleon's campaign was actually better than on schedule, it was much quicker than what napoleon thought it would be. He achieved his objective in capturing Moscow but is in here the changing nature of warfare where nations don't surrender after a few defeats or losing important cities. Napoleon thought a peace treaty would come so he stayed till winter came.

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[trentondamm]

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[nice]

I enjoyed the Waterloo video and this video was also very good! I hope to see more Napoleon and "war explanation" videos in the future even though I like the battle videos too!

[Lordborg]

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[SolidAvenger]

Finally, another fantastic video by my favorite historical channel
The strategic goals, motivations. and military logistics highlighted by this video were great as always