Napoleon: The Campaign of Russia

The Berezina (1x2)

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Surrounded by two Russian armies and with Kutozov's main army on the way, the French had to cross the river at all costs. Since the battle "Bérézina" has been used in French as a synonym for "disaster." This episode details the hardships and deprivations suffered by Napoleon's Grande Armee as they await the surrender of the Tsar, which never comes. And with problems in France and his popularity waning, Napoleon begins the long, death-filled retreat from Russia with his exhausted, starving troops.