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Real Time History

Season 2022 · Episode 18

Napoleon's Great Escape from Russia - The Battle of the Berezina

0.030mJune 16, 2022

Napoleon's retreat from Moscow and from Russia as a whole is one of the most dramatic scenes in history. Starving and freezing, the French Grande Armee is desperately trying to reach the Berezina River. The revitalized Russian Army is on their heels and almost catches their prey in the 2nd Battle of Krasny. But it wasn't just "General Winter" that defeated Napoleon in Russia.

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Episodes

Episode 1French Ragtag Army's Desperate Winter Battles 1871
Episode 2Decision At The Burgundian Gate - The Battle of Belfort Gap
Episode 3Why Wilhelm I Didn't Want To Be German Emperor
Episode 4German Soldiers March Through Paris - The End of the Franco-Prussian War
Episode 5How the French Army Crushed the Socialist Paris Commune 1871 I GLORY & DEFEAT
Episode 6Why Napoleon Invaded Russia in 1812
Episode 7The Greatest Army Europe Had Ever Seen - Napoleon's Invasion of Russia 1812