: The Kingdom of Sardinia sent troops to fight alongside France and the UK.
: The "General Winter" and the sheer scale of the Russian Eurasian colossus create a "cemetery of armies" for those who enter. Mai INVADERE la RUSSIA - Alessandro Barbero [Co...
Barbero illustrates this through the lens of Napoleon’s 1812 campaign. He argues that the conflict wasn't just a political disagreement, but a clash between two empires that believed they were the heirs to the Roman legacy: : The Kingdom of Sardinia sent troops to
: Barbero notes the irony that while Italy invaded Russia three times, Russian troops have only entered Italian soil once (in 1799 to fight the French), and they left voluntarily shortly after. He argues that the conflict wasn't just a
: Napoleon saw himself as the successor to the Holy Roman Emperors and aimed to make Paris the "Fourth Rome".