Skip to content
★Maps of History Start free

Age of Revolutions · BATTLE SITE ·

Battle of the Berezina (1812)

On the Age of Revolutions map as “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.

When
Type
Battle site
Chapter
Napoleon’s invasion of Russia (chapter 8 of Age of Revolutions)
Atlas
The Age of Revolutions, 1775–1848
Open this map in the interactive atlas →

Chapter 8 is part of membership. WW2 is free — every chapter. Try chapters 1–2 of any 2 other atlases (3 with a free account). Opening a new atlas uses one of them. Membership opens all 21 — Join.

Free printable Age of Revolutions study guide, sent by email ↓

Map showing Battle of the Berezina (1812), battle site in The Age of Revolutions, 1775–1848
BATTLE SITE · THE AGE OF REVOLUTIONS, 1775–1848

In the same chapter

✕ Borodino● Moscow

Related

THE FREE PRINTABLE STUDY GUIDE

Join the Dispatch — a short welcome series, then a letter when a new atlas opens — and the printable study guide for The Age of Revolutions is yours now, free.

NO TRACKING · YOUR ADDRESS IS USED FOR THE DISPATCH AND NOTHING ELSE · UNSUBSCRIBE ANYTIME