Napoleon's losses in Russia | Animated map

Napoleon's losses during the French invasion of Russia
The animation shows only the numbers of the main army (including Jerome and Davouts troops). Later reinforcements are not included.
Sources
Figurative Map of the Russian campaign by Charles Minard
Russia against Napoleon by Dominic Lieven
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[@isoid]

If you had 20 friends who went with Napoleon to fight in Russia, there is only a ~50% chance that ONE of them would come back.

[@stephenlyon1358]

Or if you had 40 friends one would come back and we dont have to do math

[@animeyahallo3887]

Let us take into account soldiers that were wounded that were successfully transported out of Russia, soldiers transferred from one sector to another, deserters, prisoners of wars etc. So only 1 person surviving out of 20 is an exaggeration.

[@isoid]

@@animeyahallo3887 I was talking about just soldiers that would come back, not that would live. Sure a few more survived than made it back with napoleon but given the stretched / non existent supply lines none of the deserting soldiers and likely few of the wounded made it back to france. Heck most didnt even die from injuries but from exposure and starvation.

[@malickfan7461]

Napoleon’s losses in Russia is, in my opinion, the best infographic ever made. It’s nice to see an animated version.

[@eliasbouhout1]

Imagine reuniting with Napoleon in November or December and seeing what remains of his once mighty army

[@gequitz]

Only 10k left out of 400,000 wow

[@deteon1418]

Fantastic video! Really shows what a disaster it was.

[@Protey10]

At the very beginning, it was necessary to show the separation of the corps of Schwarzenberg and Reynier, who had gone south. Also, the arrival of Victor's corps, which joined the main army later, is not shown. In general, the number of Napoleon's troops directly participating in the invasion was 520 thousand, of which 78 thousand returned back in different ways.

[@DarknessVery]

here before this goes viral

[@utvara1]

What Typhus, Dysentery and lice does.

[@unknownz1238]

19th century medicine how fun. Gotta little bleed and bit of infection? Saw off that limb don’t need it!

[@alwaysnegativecomments1903]

Ive been watching since your first couple videos... you're improving so much!

[@paranoidandroid6095]

It hurts to look at.

[@acgmc6669]

Extraordinario, enhorabuena

[@eugeniocamporato8427]

A very nice clip

[@deighton2002]

I guess the story that he lost due to tin buttons disintegrating in sub-zero temperatures isn't true then, since by Winter he'd lost almost all men - however the people left wouldn't have been helped if their buttons had cracked due to converting to beta tin at low temperature (or alpha tin, I can't remember)

[@alexp4932]

2:20 lol Massacre at Berezina shown here as a minor tactic clash 😂 Frecnh army shrinked to 9k after this, not 29k

[@florisjanpietster]

so did all of these people die or did they also become sick or crippled and where left behind or shipped back through supply lines?

[@talamioros]

All of the above, plus desertions on the way in as well, because a significant proportion of the troops weren't really in it willingly, and open Russian steppe, long distances and Russian summer can really grind away at a person on foot. Napoleon also pushed for forced marches, not regular ones, leading to exhaustion, and they also had logistical issues leading to hunger, sickness and disease, because French armies were used to living off the land but there was nothing to live off in barren steppe (cuz the Russians had burned everything the French could live off) so they were dependent on their supply train, which just couldn't handle the load

[@paranoidandroid6095]

who knows, some were prisoners but a lot of those supposedly died too

[@JoeOvercoat]

The Epic History channel covers that level of detail in one particular video, and also the entire campaign in a series.

[@LauftFafa]

the winter retreat is overrated . he lost more in the summer march because he had the stupid idea of marching through modern day belarusse . basically the worst path you can take to moskow . its mostly a swamp and that made lot of western soldiers in this army die with illness , even the germans in ww2 had to stop and divert to ukraine to attack russian heartland better . also its reason why russia was ok with the baltics joining nato and confident about belarus's safety but it immediatly took an offensive approach against ukraine . its basically the safest front against russia for nato with the warmest climat . and russia doesnt want that , russia want to fight nato in the swamps of belerusse and the freezing baltic where its easy to create pockets like in ww2 where the whole norther army of germany got encircled there

[@paranoidandroid6095]

yes, especially considering that NATO wouldn't ever go deep into russia as they are afraid of nukes/ballistics, they probably wouldn't even push into Belarus and especially true for their planes armada fighting russian armata, does shrek sinks in his own swamp?

[@LauftFafa]

@@paranoidandroid6095 if nato decided to go to war last year i swear they would have been demolished this winter . usa had a -40 but russia got a -65 on its western ural region and its still very cold . its colder than during barbarossa . the mud season also was insane this year it made the ukranians western made vihicles sink in mud while russian vehicles didnt because they are made for that (whide and flat tanks and amphibian btr and bmps and other apcs )

[@user-ln2yx7pz4d]

Теперь, дурень, вспомни что НАТО это оборонительное объединение и не неси чепухи

[@user-ln2yx7pz4d]

@@LauftFafa тебе прислать видео как тонет российский танк, или ты скажешь что это фейк?

[@johnnyjohnny-xk4jd]

when they were in september only 100k remanins,😅

[@Aekzo]

Enemy territory and winter attrition illustrated

[@Saeronor]

Winter attrition, compared with stereotypical image, doing _relatively_ little.

[@Aekzo]

​ @Saeronor Do you mean most of losses are due to combat?

[@Saeronor]

@@Aekzo Scorching hot, dirty water, gangrene, sepsis etc :) The stereotype about snow is quite overstated in any case.

[@Aekzo]

​@@Saeronor True. Freezing winter was mostly an issue only after they left Moscow IIRC.

[@Saeronor]

@@Aekzo Ironically, winter *would have been* the chief killer... ...if French managed to retain more of their army until that point.

[@user-ln2yx7pz4d]

Теперь интересно это сравнить с потерями России

[@user-ln2yx7pz4d]

P.S. вообще очень глупо показывать потери только одной стороны - это просто абсурд

[@marianik1957]

Русская армия в 1814г. Победоносно вошла в Париж!

[@user-nr5tp2jo3u]

@@marianik1957 В 1814 году

[@marianik1957]

@@user-nr5tp2jo3u спасибо, исправлено.

[@gregderbo]

Why music? You narrate so well! 🙂

[@kalafinwe5498]

Napoleon lost when he retreated from Russia. He didn't have much choice as he did not have any sort of supply chain established, and even if he did it would not have been maintained. The Grande Armée was composed of many veterans and elite units that disappeared after the retreat. Many conscripts formed the armies of Napoleon later on but it was not it anymore. Sure they won a few battles here and there, but it was just a slow grind to the final defeat. The Coalition was coming.

[@lllll4691]

ooof

[@user-ln2yx7pz4d]

Самое интересное, что при этом Наполеон не проиграл

[@user-vv6qk8pf6l]

так. це перемога. сугс.

[@RussianEagles]

Отрицательно победил

[@user-ln2yx7pz4d]

@@RussianEagles даже по потерям у русских намного больше. И тем более здесь неправильно показаны силы франции

[@RussianEagles]

@@user-ln2yx7pz4d Если вы имеете ввиду всю кампанию, то в ней у французов больше потери.

[@user-ln2yx7pz4d]

@@RussianEagles нет

[@rainmaker2754]

Fake news

[@reginalddoucet877]

Basically what would happen if nato attacked Russia..

[@marianik1957]

Есть место им в полях России Среди нечуждых им гробов. Александр Пушкин

[@petedallas3044]

look at the territory covered! Definately highlights the difference between French Generals of the day and todays russian generals recent attempt to steal a few KM's from Ukraine with the same losses in troops and the same invasion force!