{"product_id":"borodino-field-1812-1941-how-napoleon-and-hitler-met-their-matches-outside-moscow-hardcover","title":"Borodino Field 1812 \u0026 1941: How Napoleon and Hitler Met Their Matches Outside Moscow - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Kershaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Battle of Borodino resonates with the patriotic soul of Mother Russia. The epic confrontation in September 1812 was the single bloodiest day of the Napoleonic Wars, leaving France's \u003ci\u003eGrande Armée\u003c\/i\u003e limping to the gates of Moscow and on to catastrophe in snow and ice. \u003cbr\u003eGenerations later, in October 1941, an equally bitter battle was fought at Borodino. This time Hitler's SS and Panzers came up against elite Siberian troops defending Stalin's Moscow. \u003cbr\u003eRemarkably, both conflicts took place in the same woods and gullies that follow the sinuous line of the Koloch River. \u003ci\u003eBorodino Field\u003c\/i\u003e relates the gruelling experience of the French army in Russia, juxtaposed with the personal accounts, diaries and letters of SS and Panzer soldiers during the Second World War. \u003cbr\u003eAcclaimed historian Robert Kershaw draws on previously untapped archives to narrate the odyssey of soldiers who marched along identical tracks and roads on the 1,000-kilometre route to Moscow, and reveals the astonishing parallels and contrasts between two battles fought on Russian soil, over one hundred years apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Kershaw is a graduate of Reading University and joined the Parachute Regiment in 1973. After over thirty years in the army, he retired to become a full-time military historian. His books include \u003ci\u003e24 Hours at Waterloo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e24 Hours at Balaclava\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Street in Arnhem\u003c\/i\u003e, and his writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.19 x 9.55 x 6.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767294198048,"sku":"9780750995955","price":47.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/352fa169641eb9d18eedd8c3bf50cbfb.webp?v=1780308442","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/borodino-field-1812-1941-how-napoleon-and-hitler-met-their-matches-outside-moscow-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}