Real Time History

Season 2022, Episode 9

Episode Title: All-Out War Against Napoleon - The Grand Manifesto of Alexander I

Air Date: 2022-03-24

Overview:

In the beginning of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, the Russian Tsar Alexander I was under pressure to rally his people. A months into the campaign he declared the The Patriotic War (Отечественная война) to fight back Napoleon - who was already having serious supply issues and a deteriorating logistics network.