Episode 118 - 1812 (Part Four) Fall in Moscow
Today we are going to see how and why Napoleon reached Moscow so easily But, here's the question. Would he be able to do the second of the two things he wanted to do and force Alexander to the negoti...
10 Sep 35min
Episode 117 - 1812 (Part Three) Borodino
This week we follow the Grande Armée on the road to Moscow. However, in between Napoleon and Russia's ancient capital was the village of Borodino which Kutusov had occupied and this time it looked lik...
2 Sep 34min
Episode 116 - 1812 (Part Two) The Roads to Smolensk
Today’s episode will feature two main events - a long, muddled chase. Barclay De Tolly pulling back, Bagration trying to catch up with him, neither of them quite knowing where each other was and Napol...
25 Aug 33min
Episode 115 - 1812 (Part One) And so it begins
This time around, we’ll be covering just the two things, the somewhat inevitable fall of Speransky and the events that would lead up to and include Napoleon’s full scale invasion of Russia in June 181...
18 Aug 39min
Episode 114 - The Cracks Widen
In Today's episode we'll be visiting a number of different locations.First, Iberia — because Napoleon's other war, the one being fought in Spain and Portugal, was quietly draining exactly the men, mat...
7 Aug 26min
Episode 113 - The Cracks Appear
Today we're going to look at what Tilsit actually meant first of all for Russia. What it did to the domestic mood, what it meant economically, how it left a messy war with the Ottomans (yes, Russia nd...
31 Juli 30min
Episode 112 - Tilsit
Napoleon continued to sweep all before him - on land. But at sea, it was a different story.Prussia decided to join the allied coalition, and imediately regreted it. Which meant that Alexander had no o...
22 Juli 31min
