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The Berezina
26–29 Nov 1812 — Dutch pontooneers, chest-deep in ice, bridge the river and save the army’s remnant; tens of thousands never cross. In French, “bérézina” still means catastrophe.
This is one scene of Chapter 8 — 1812: The Russian Campaign in The Age of Revolutions, 1775–1848.
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