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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- Part One: The Approach to Borodino -- 1 The Road by Vyazma -- 147 Miles to Moscow -- The Vyazma Pocket, 6-8 October 1941 -- 'A Feast of Church Towers', Vyazma, 29-31 August 1812 -- 2 The Road by Gzhatsk (Gagarin) -- 114 Miles to Moscow -- The Moscow Highway, 8-11 October 1941 -- 'The Pretty Little Town of Gzhatsk', 31 August-5 September 1812 -- 3 The Road from Gzhatsk to Borodino -- From 114 to 83 miles to Moscow -- Moscow Behind Us! 11-14 October 1941 -- Ground of 'No Particular Advantage', 5 September 1812 |
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Part Two: Borodino Field -- 4 The Road by Rogachyovo, Yelnya, and Shevardino -- From 86 to 84 Miles to Moscow -- Break-in, 13-14 October 1941 -- 'What a Sham!' Shevardino, 5-6 September 1812 -- 5 The Road by Artyomki, Utitsy and Borodino Railway Station -- From 83 to 82 Miles to Moscow -- The Stop-Start Advance, 14-15 October 1941 -- The Battle of the Giants, 7 September 1812 6 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. -- 6 The Road Through Borodino Field -- 83 Miles to Moscow -- The Fight Among the Monuments, 15-16 October 1941 -- Indecision in the Centre, 7 September 1812 11.30 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
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Part Three: Beyond Borodino Field -- 7 The Road by Raevsky, Gorki and Tatarinovo -- From 80 to 76 Miles to Moscow -- Supreme Effort, 17 October 1941 -- 'A Volcano Crowned with Vapours', The Raevksy Redoubt7 September 18122 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. -- 8 The Road to Mozhaisk -- 70 Miles to Moscow -- The Capture of Mozhaisk, 18-19 October 1941 -- Mozhaisk to Moscow, 8-14 September 1812 -- Postscript Roads to Moscow and Back -- Roads to Moscow, 1941 -- Roads Back from Moscow, 1812 and 1941 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Picture Section |
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"The Battle of Borodino resonates with the patriotic soul of Mother Russia. The epic confrontation in September 1812 was the single bloodiest day of the Napoleonic Wars, leaving France's Grande Armée limping to the gates of Moscow and on to catastrophe in snow and ice. Generations later, in October 1941, an equally bitter battle was fought at Borodino. This time Hitler's SS and Panzers came up against elite Siberian troops defending Stalin's Moscow. Remarkably, both conflicts took place in the same woods and gullies that follow the sinuous line of the Koloch River. Borodino Field relates the gruelling experience of the French army in Russia, juxtaposed with the personal accounts, diaries and letters of SS and Panzer soldiers during the Second World War. Acclaimed historian Robert Kershaw draws on previously untapped archives to narrate the odyssey of soldiers who marched along identical tracks and roads on the 1,000-kilometre route to Moscow, and reveals the astonishing parallels and contrasts between two battles fought on Russian soil, over one hundred years apart."-- Provided by Freading. |
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Borodino, Battle of, Borodino, Mozhaĭskiĭ raĭon, Russia, 1812.
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Moscow, Battle of, Moscow, Russia, 1941-1942.
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HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other) |
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Russia (Federation) -- Borodino (Mozhaĭskiĭ raĭon) |
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Russia (Federation) -- Moscow. |
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Battle of Borodino (Borodino, Mozhaĭskiĭ raĭon, Russia : 1812) |
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Battle of Moscow (Moscow, Russia : 1941-1942) |
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1812-1942 |
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Print version: 0750995955 9780750995955 (OCoLC)1227271162 |
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9780750997591 (electronic book) |
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0750997591 (electronic book) |
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0750995955 |
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9780750995955 |
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