1812: The March on Moscow: Introduction

More than a third of a million men set out on that midsummer day of 1812: none can have imagined the terrors and hardships to come. They would be lured all the way to Moscow without having achieved the decisive battle Napoleon sought- and by the timeMoreMore than a third of a million men set out on that midsummer day of 1812: none can have imagined the terrors and hardships to come. They would be lured all the way to Moscow without having achieved the decisive battle Napoleon sought- and by the time they reached the city their numbers would already have dwindled by more than a third. One of the greatest disasters in military history was in the making.