grande armee
I started reading today History of the Expedition to Russia: Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812, by Count Philip de Segur and I did not know that a gigantic coalition was formed by Napoleon to invade Russia, which included, according to Wiki:
- 300,000 French
- 98,000 Poles
- 90,000 Germans
- 34,000 Austrians
- 32,000 Italians
- 25,000 Neapolitans
- 9,000 Swiss
- 4,800 Spanish
- 3,500 Croats
- 2,000 Portuguese
This amplifies the comparison to Barbarossa. Romanians, Hungarians, Italians, Finns, Estonians, Lithuanians, Latvians, Spanish (volunteers), and other nationalities made-up the forces that invaded and fought against Russia in 1941-5.
"The largest country in the world" is tempting to one and all, that's for sure. The lust to invade it and carve it up might never end. History repeats itself grandly.
- 300,000 French
- 98,000 Poles
- 90,000 Germans
- 34,000 Austrians
- 32,000 Italians
- 25,000 Neapolitans
- 9,000 Swiss
- 4,800 Spanish
- 3,500 Croats
- 2,000 Portuguese
This amplifies the comparison to Barbarossa. Romanians, Hungarians, Italians, Finns, Estonians, Lithuanians, Latvians, Spanish (volunteers), and other nationalities made-up the forces that invaded and fought against Russia in 1941-5.
"The largest country in the world" is tempting to one and all, that's for sure. The lust to invade it and carve it up might never end. History repeats itself grandly.
This entry was posted by Colleen, on
1.27.2009.
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