For educational purposes<br /><br />Part of the 'History of Warfare' series, this documentary looks at the events surrounding Napoleon's ill-judged invasion of Russia in 1812. <br /><br />Entering the country with the largest invasion force the world had yet seen - some 650,000 men - Napoleon defeated the Russian army in key encounters such as the Battle of Borodino. <br /><br />But as the French progressed further into the vast Russian interior, it was to be the weather, not force of arms, that defeated them. <br /><br />After taking Moscow, Napoleon was forced into a brutal and ignominious retreat that saw tens of thousands of his men perish in the freezing Russian winter. <br /><br />Featuring period imagery, dramatised 'eye witness' accounts, expert comment and analysis, and extracts from the Russian film of 'War and Peace'. Narrated by Robert Powell.
