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mk  ·  4719 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: List of battles by casualties
I had never seen this. Thanks. I've always been fascinated by this war.

Are those Russian forces gathering in the black?

I love the temperature graph.

(btw, I think you were commenting while I tried to kill a bug that has been driving me crazy. If you noticed, sorry for the Hubski instability)





kleinbl00  ·  4719 days ago  ·  link  ·  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Joseph_Minard#Informati...

Brown is there. Black is back. It demonstrates pretty succinctly how, exactly, Napoleon turned a half-million-strong army into a brigade of 10,000 soldiers simply by marching on Moscow.

mk  ·  4719 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Ah, I see.

If I have to invade Russia, I am coming from the East:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_invasion_of_Rus#Invasion...

kleinbl00  ·  4719 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Problem is those guys are STILL THERE!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Horde