Napoleon 1812 The Road to Moscow

It was to be Napoleon Bonapartes greatest adventure an invasion of Russia with an army of more than 650000 men the largest the world had yet seen The Emperors irresistible progress into the vast Russian interior saw many brutal conflicts including the Battle of Borodino one of the bloodiest days fighting in military history Napoleon would not be defeated in battle but by Russian guile and the savages of winter snows To this day the infamous retreat from Moscow epitomises the suffering of ordinary soldiers This documentary is a powerful record of one of historys greatest military disasters and features period imagery dramatised eyewitness accounts expert analysis and extensive footage from the Oscarwinning Russian film War and Peace