Battle of Borodino (1812)

The bloodiest single day of the Napoleonic Wars opens the road to a ruined Moscow.

Specifications & Metrics

year

1812

Core Principles & Analysis

• Napoleon's Grande Armée and Kutuzov's Russians fought the era's bloodiest single day.
• The French entered Moscow about a week later, but the city burned and supply failed.
• The battle prefaced the catastrophic retreat that destroyed the Grande Armée.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Battle of Borodino