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Good OBs, includes small battles, facts, etc., January 5, 1999
This review is from: Napoleon's Invasion of Russia (Paperback)
Nafziger has created a tome of detail, once again. The order of battles provided are very useful for doing research on the armies during the Russian campaign. The book is filled good detail and maps on many of the small clashes and conflicts between Napoleon's multi-national force and the Russians.
Nafziger has included the text of some of the treaties binding his allies and an interesting account of the Prussian seperation and eventual capitulation during the retreat.
For anyone simulating or gaming the period, the book contains many hand drawn maps, which are very nice, with orders of battle and narrative accounts of the minor clashes and fringe battles.
I find the corps orders of battle indispensable for recreating the armies in miniature figurines. There is little or no uniform data, and some of the army descriptions (i.e. Berg, Saxon, Westphalian, etc.) are merely general descriptions, but Nafziger shows exacting and meticulous detail in providing "facts" in the order of battle and force compositions. He provides Corps, Division and Brigade breakdowns, including commanders name, unit names, number of battalions or squadrons, number and size of attached regimental guns, number of pioneer companies, nationality, etc. for the French and French allies. The same level of detail is provided for the Russian forces.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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A Monumental Task, January 3, 2001
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This review is from: Napoleon's Invasion of Russia (Paperback)
Quite good as a detailed examination of the major battles as well as smaller engagements but annoying for the "uninitated" in certain matters. Although there is an Errata page at the back, continual mistakes mean you can't even trust that. The maps of the battles are quite detailed but graphically poor although probably "homemade", and fail to mark all the locations mentioned in the text. (The Borodino 2 page spread has the pages in reverse order.) An overall map showing the locations of the battles would have been helpful - I'm still looking for Mir! The orders of battle are good but it's not clear what all the numbers mean, and the order of battle of the Danish Division is given but not mentioned in the main text. An index to the maps and appendices would have been useful. I suppose these are trivial faults given the enormity of the task.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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"Nafziger's 1812 work is a must for wargamers!", December 27, 1998
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This review is from: Napoleon's Invasion of Russia (Paperback)
The thing that stands out most with this book is the large amount of maps and orders of battle. These are a must for today's Napoleonic reader, especially the ones who wargame. While the subject has been written about many times, it took Nafziger's book to bring it back to life in a new and interesting way. It also took Nafziger's book to show us the importance of supporting the text with detailed maps and orders of battle. This book, as well as his others, clearly demonstrate the direction in which Napoleonic literature is going. Get it!
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