With Napoleon in Russia

General Armand Augustin Louis de CaulaincourtHistory
With Napoleon in Russia

Author: General Armand Augustin Louis de Caulaincourt

Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing

ISBN: 9781787201552

Category: History

Page: 516

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Includes over 180 illustrations, portraits and maps covering the Russian Campaign of 1812. “These Memoirs are the findings of a professional soldier, sitting in judgment upon the foremost soldier of fortune the world has known. But they are something more than that. They are the observations of a man of the Old Régime, whose lot had been cast in with the new Empire. The soldier who wrote them was a statesman as well—a diplomatist of the school of Talleyrand, but without any of that strange creature’s womanish ways. He was also—and one often feels the lack of this quality in memorialists who were near Napoleon—an administrator of sufficient skill to comprehend the Emperor’s plans, and to do justice to the recording of them. And finally, he was a man with physical energy enough to match, and on occasion to outdo, the Emperor’s own.”

Napoleon's Invasion of Russia

George NafzigerHistory
Napoleon's Invasion of Russia

Author: George Nafziger

Publisher: Presidio Press

ISBN: 9780307538819

Category: History

Page: 704

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“An impressive source book on the conflict, high on information and data.”—Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research September 7, 1812, is by itself one of the most cataclysmic days in the history of war: 74,000 casualties at the Battle of Borodino. And this was well before the invention of weaspons of mass destruction like machine guns or breech-loading rifles. In this detailed study of one of the most fascinating military campaigns in history, George Nazfiger includes a clear exposition on the power structure in Europe at the time leading up to Napoleon’s fateful decision to attempt what turned out to be impossible: the conquest of Russia. Also featured are complete orders of battle and detailed descriptions of the opposing forces.

Napoleon in Russia

Alan PalmerNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Napoleon in Russia

Author: Alan Palmer

Publisher: Constable Limited

ISBN: STANFORD:36105022371277

Category: Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815

Page: 344

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Palmer presents an insightful study of the e vents which led to Napoleon''s tortuous defeat in the Russian campaign of 1912, looking beyond the gruelling retreat from Moscow to examine the personalities, aims and leadership st yles of those involved. '

Defeat

Philippe-Paul de SegurHistory
Defeat

Author: Philippe-Paul de Segur

Publisher: National Geographic Books

ISBN: 9781590172827

Category: History

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In the summer of 1812 Napoleon gathered his fearsome Grande Armée, more than half a million strong, on the banks of the Niemen River. He was about to undertake the most daring of all his many campaigns: the invasion of Russia. Meeting only sporadic opposition and defeating it easily along the way, the huge army moved forward, advancing ineluctably on Moscow through the long hot days of summer. On September 14, Napoleon entered the Russian capital, fully anticipating the Czar’s surrender. Instead he encountered an eerily deserted city—and silence. The French army sacked the city, and by October, with Moscow in ruins and his supply lines overextended, and with the Russian winter upon him, Napoleon had no choice but to turn back. One of the greatest military debacles of all time had only just begun. In this famous memoir, Philippe-Paul de Ségur, a young aide-de-camp to Napoleon, tells the story of the unfolding disaster with the keen eye of a crack reporter and an astute grasp of human character. His book, a fundamental inspiration for Tolstoy’s War and Peace, is a masterpiece of military history that teaches an all-too-timely lesson about imperial hubris and its risks.

With Napoleon in Russia

Armand de Caulaincourt
With Napoleon in Russia

Author: Armand de Caulaincourt

Publisher:

ISBN: 1973585782

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On the 23rd June 1812 Napoleon stated to General Armand de Caulaincourt, "In less than two months' time Russia will be suing for peace." But for once Napoleon's confidence was misplaced. Instead of a mere two months the Russian campaign would go on to last over five months. Yet, his army would not be overcome in pitched battle, instead it would be decimated by a vicious Russian winter. Prior to the beginning of the war Armand de Caulaincourt served as French ambassador to St. Petersburg and records within his memoirs how he attempted to dissuade Napoleon from his invasion of this vast country. His warnings were, however, not heeded and he went on to serve with Napoleon throughout the conflict as Grand Écuyer, or Master of the Horse, riding at his leader's side through many of the major battles such as Borodino. Caulaincourt continued with Napoleon through his capture of Moscow and warned his commander against wintering in Russia, but again was not listened to, and so records the disintegration of the once magnificent French army. With Napoleon in Russia is a remarkably intimate portrayal of the brilliant general as he suffered one of his greatest defeats. General Armand de Caulaincourt left Russia with Napoleon in December 1812. After this campaign he continued with his critical support of Napoleon right through until the Battle of Waterloo. After which his name was placed upon a list of those proscribed for arrest and execution, but this stopped by the personal intervention of Tsar Alexander I. During his life he kept numerous records and memoirs, which were eventually compiled and translated by Jean Hanoteau in 1935. Caulaincourt passed away in 1827 and the translator of the work Hanoteau died in 1939. B. H. Liddell Hart cited the work extensively when studying why Hitler's invasion of Russia failed in the twentieth century. Yet it was also a favored reference for many of those German commanders, for example General Günther von Kluge, who General Günther Blumentritt recounted: "I can still see von Kluge trudging through the mud from his sleeping quarters to his office, and standing there before the map with Caulaincourt's book in his hand. That went on day after day."

At Napoleon's Side in Russia : the Classic Eyewitness Account

Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt (duc de Vicence)Biography & Autobiography
At Napoleon's Side in Russia : the Classic Eyewitness Account

Author: Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt (duc de Vicence)

Publisher:

ISBN: WISC:89084391168

Category: Biography & Autobiography

Page: 400

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The memoirs of his foreign minister as Napoleon left his retreating armies and returned to Paris in the dead of winter, this is by far the most vivid and realistic portrait of the famous emperor during the most disastrous campaign of his military career.

Napoleon's Invasion of Russia, 1812

Евгений Викторович ТарлеNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Napoleon's Invasion of Russia, 1812

Author: Евгений Викторович Тарле

Publisher: Buccaneer Books

ISBN: WISC:89003589744

Category: Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815

Page: 422

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Provides information about the Russian military campaign that began in 1812 and was led by Napoleon I or Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), the emperor of the French, compiled by the Russian National Tourist Office. Notes that the campaign failed due to Napoleon's stretched supply lines and the Russian winter.

Napoleon Against Russia

Digby SmithNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Napoleon Against Russia

Author: Digby Smith

Publisher: Pen & Sword

ISBN: WISC:89085851335

Category: Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815

Page: 268

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"[The author's] new account of the great, grim events of 1812 is based on the diaries and letters of soldiers who survived, many of which have not been published in English before. They describe ... the deadly effect of Napoleon's faulty decisions on the lives of his men, to say nothing of the innumerable Russian military and civilian casualties his campaign caused. The introductory chapter examines the background to the invasion and the immense preparations that were made under Napoleon's orders ... The author also covers the campaigns on the northern and southern flanks that are often overshadowed by the events in the centre"--Jacket.

Napoleon's Invasion of Russia

Theodore Ayrault Dodge History
Napoleon's Invasion of Russia

Author: Theodore Ayrault Dodge

Publisher: Ravenio Books

ISBN:

Category: History

Page: 304

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A great historian examines Napoleon's failed invasion of Russia in 1812. This classic includes the following chapters: I. The Invasion of Russia (1811 to June, 1812) II. Smolensk and Valutino (August, 1812) III. Borodino (September 1-7, 1812) IV. Moscow (Sep 8 to Oct 19, 1812) V. Maloyaroslavez (Oct 19 to Nov 14, 1812) VI. The Beresina (Nov 15, 1812, to Jan 31, 1813)