Bogdanovich, Modest Ivanovich The Russian Patriotic War of 1812. The Russian Official History. Volume 3

The book recounts the story that inspired Tolstoy's epic novel, War and Peace, and will appeal to those interested in Russian history and military history as well as wargamers. It is the only publicly available English translation of Bogdanovich's official history of the participation of the Russian armed forces in the fight against Napoleon and his allies in Russia in 1812. This translation also includes excerpts from Ivan Liprandi's critique of Bogdanovich's work. This final volume of the trilogy continues to cover the operations from the Russian point of view; from Napoleon's abandonment of Moscow to the expulsion of the Grande Armée from the Russian Empire, including the operations against the Prussian and Austrian-Saxon auxiliary corps on the flanks. The author had full access to Russian state archives, but also referred extensively to published works by French and German historians to provide a broader context. The maps show entire phases of the war, while the battle plans show the location of the dominant terrain according to detailed state surveys, while villages, forests and roads were copied from previously published Russian plans. The appendices and footnotes also contain detailed battle orders, important correspondence and a bibliography with the critical evaluations of these sources by Bogdanovich and Liprandi.