Napoleon's Lost Legions: The Foreign Corps of 1812 — Fexingo History copertina

Napoleon's Lost Legions: The Foreign Corps of 1812 — Fexingo History

Napoleon's Lost Legions: The Foreign Corps of 1812 — Fexingo History

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When Napoleon crossed the Niemen in June 1812, his Grande Armée was a polyglot force — French, Germans, Italians, Poles, Dutch, Swiss, and even Croats marched under the imperial eagle. This episode explores the experience of the foreign contingents, from the Polish lancers who fought for a lost homeland to the German battalions caught between loyalty and resentment. We follow the 3rd Swiss Regiment through Borodino and the Retreat, and examine how the multi-ethnic army fractured under the strain of the Russian campaign. Drawing on soldiers' memoirs and regimental histories, Lucas and Luna reveal the forgotten story of the men who weren't French but died for Napoleon's ambition.

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