Thursday, August 16, 2012

200th anniversary of French invasion of Russia




24 June marked the 200th anniversary of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812. He entered Russia with half a million soldiers and left after defeat with only a few thousand stragglers. Russians literally chased him out, killing his troops as what was left of his Grand Armee retreated.

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