Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Monday. October 20, 1941. Borodino.

The Germans took Bordino outside of Moscow, the site of the early September 1812 pyhrric French victory over the Russians


French losses at Borodino on September 7, 1812, had been at a rate of 2 to 1 to the Russian forces. They won the battle, but the losses were unsustainable.  Notably, they had arrived at Borodino over a month prior to the Germans on the calendar.

Japanese battleship Yamato running trials off Bungo Strait, 20 October 1941.

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