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Original - Charles Minard's 1869 chart details the losses of men, the position of the army, and the freezing temperatures on Napoleon's disastrous Russian campaign of 1812. Created in an effort to show the horrors of war, the graph "defies the pen of the historian in its brutal eloquence." Reason
The military machine Napoleon the artilleryman had created was perfectly suited to fight short, violent campaigns, but whenever a long-term sustained effort was in the offing, it tended to expose feet of clay. [...] In the end, the logistics of the French military machine proved wholly inadequate. The experiences of short campaigns had left the French supply services completed unprepared for ...
Charles Minard's map of Napoleon's disastrous Russian campaign of 1812. The graphic is notable for its representation in two dimensions of six types of data: the number of Napoleon's troops; distance; temperature; the latitude and longitude; direction of travel; and location relative to specific dates. [ 5 ]
Minard's diagram of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, using the feature now named after Sankey. One of the most famous Sankey diagrams is Charles Minard's Map of Napoleon's Russian Campaign of 1812. [5] It is a flow map, overlaying a Sankey diagram onto a geographical map. It was created in 1869, predating Sankey's first Sankey diagram of 1898.
Napoleon decided then to wage war on Russia, in order to get her back as a French ally. In June 1812, the French invaded Russia on Napoleon's orders, making their way east towards Moscow, suffering large losses caused by lack of food, desertion, disease, exhaustion and battles. Napoleon eventually "conquered" Moscow, only to see the deserted ...
Information design, Scientific visualization, French invasion of Russia (1812), Information graphics, Victory disease, Russian Winter, Battle of Berezina, Charles Joseph Minard Creator Charles Joseph Minard. Support as nominator Kla’quot (talk | contribs) 07:35, 28 August 2007 (UTC) Oppose The graphic is, of course, worthy of an FP. But this ...
The Conference of Dresden was a May 1812 gathering of European leaders arranged by Napoleon I of France as part of his preparations for the invasion of Russia.It was intended as a demonstration of his power and to seek military assistance for his campaign and began upon Napoleon's arrival in the Saxon capital on 16 May.
In June 1812, Napoleon's army invaded Russia and initially made deep inroads. By September, the French had forced the Russians back to the outskirts of Moscow, where Napoleon managed to win a Pyrrhic victory at the Battle of Borodino, suffering great losses but prying the road to Moscow open. Although the French briefly occupied Moscow, the ...