It was supposed to be an easy, three week campaign: in June 1812 Napoleon led his Grande Arme of over a half a million men into Russia, but at the end of the year less than five per cent of that enormous force straggled back across the border.
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It was supposed to be an easy, three week campaign: in June 1812 Napoleon led his Grande Arme of over a half a million men into Russia, but at the end of the year less than five per cent of that enormous force straggled back across the border.