Napoleon's March to Russia 1812 - C.J. Minard's Map
This is an adaptation of Charles Joseph Minard's famous
map of Napoleon's invasion to Russia. It gives information on the location, direction and size
of the army both during the invasion (orange area) and the retreat (black area), on
temperatures on certain dates during the retreat.
The key places on the map are clickable.
[Introduction]
[Napoleon]
[Alexander I]
[Reasons for the War]
[The Two Armies]
[Niemen]
[Smolensk]
[Borodino]
[Moscow]
[Retreat Begins]
[Cossacks]
[Krasnoe, Dnieper and Berezina]
[Vilna]
[Kutuzov]
[Ney]
[Napoleon's Afterthoughts]
[Charles XII Revisited]
[Bibliography]