thought he was victorious yet had to retreat, losing most of his army and, soon after, his empire. Show more Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how, in September 1812, Napoleon captured Moscow and ...

When Russia resumed trading with England, Napoleon prepared to invade Russia. Napoleon amassed an army of 600,000, the largest army Europe had ever seen. After a failed invasion of Moscow ...

Margaret Atwood won the Booker Prize for her novel "The Blind Assassin." Her latest book, "Oryx and Crake," will be published in May 2003. TORONTO — In my high school music appreciation class ...

In 1812 Napoleon invaded Russia with the largest ... most harrowing and disastrous events in military history - the Retreat from Moscow - in which Russian attacks, freezing weather and starvation ...

Now, a letter Napoleon wrote from Moscow - as the city burned around ... Napoleon and his starving men were forced to retreat West amidst the country's fierce winter. By the time they made ...

In all of World War II, no single fact had held such enormous possibilities. Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow in 1812, Rommel’s retreat from Egypt in 1942 involved the fate of continents ...