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todayinhistory: December 14th 1812: Napoleon’s invasion of Russia ends On this day in 1812, Napoleon’s Grand Armée was expelled from Russia when the last French troops left, thus ending the French invasion of Russia. France’s failure was a decisive turning point in the Napoleonic Wars, and turned the tide of the war against the French and in favour of the coalition against them. Napoleon had begun the invasion in June 1812, but by the end his army of around 685,000 was down to 120,000. This was partly because his tactic of getting resources by ‘living off the land’ was thwarted by the harsh Russian winter and the Russian scorched earth tactic. One does not simply invade Russia.Unless (wait for it) you’re the Mongols.
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December 14th 1812: Napoleon’s invasion of Russia ends

On this day in 1812, Napoleon’s Grand Armée was expelled from Russia when the last French troops left, thus ending the French invasion of Russia. France’s failure was a decisive turning point in the Napoleonic Wars, and turned the tide of the war against the French and in favour of the coalition against them. Napoleon had begun the invasion in June 1812, but by the end his army of around 685,000 was down to 120,000. This was partly because his tactic of getting resources by ‘living off the land’ was thwarted by the harsh Russian winter and the Russian scorched earth tactic.

One does not simply invade Russia.
Unless (wait for it) you’re the Mongols.

jtotheizzoe: The most badass physicist you’ve probably never heard of Meet bad-ass mofo François Arago, in a profile by Greg Gbur. Fool got swagga. “When he was seven years old, he tried to stab a Spanish solider with a lance. When he was eighteen, he talked a friend out of assassinating Napoleon. He once angered an archbishop so much that the holy man punched him in the face. He has negotiated with bandits, been chased by a mob, broken out of prison. He is: François Arago, the most interesting physicist in the world” (via io9)
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The most badass physicist you’ve probably never heard of

Meet bad-ass mofo François Arago, in a profile by Greg Gbur. Fool got swagga.

“When he was seven years old, he tried to stab a Spanish solider with a lance.

When he was eighteen, he talked a friend out of assassinating Napoleon.

He once angered an archbishop so much that the holy man punched him in the face.

He has negotiated with bandits, been chased by a mob, broken out of prison.

He is: François Arago, the most interesting physicist in the world”

(via io9)

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