1812
The Battle of Borodino
Borodino · Moscow Oblast, Russia · Battle · The Modern Age
The story
Some 70,000 men fell on 7 September 1812. Napoleon held the field and entered Moscow, only to find it abandoned and burning.
The retreat that followed destroyed his army; Tolstoy made Borodino the heart of War and Peace.
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