Battle Of The Nations : 200th. Anniversary Day 3

The media, at least in Germany are paying attention to this anniversary, or at least one channel.

MDR has a special page dedicated to the action and a lot of background as well, audio, video included.

Their pages really deserve to be visited!!

For what happened on Day 3 one can check it out here and here.

Battle Of The Nations : 200 th. Anniversary Day 2

I once recorded a documentary from the RTBF years ago, but I don't find this anymore on my VHS tapes.

If someone might have this documentary he can always leave a message.

Meanwhile I found this documentary which was broadcasted by ARTE :

Enjoy!

In the mean time I discovered this special website dedicated to the Napoleonic era and what concerns day 2 of the Battle of the Nartions can be read here.

One can read some resume of what happened on day 2 of the battle here as well.

Battle Of The Nations : 200 th. Anniversary Day 1

From today TuneUp will commemorate as best as possible the Battle of the Nations which took place exactly 200 years ago.

In France the national press hasn't had lots of attention at this historic event.

This is quite normal since Napoleons legacy, although undeniable omnipresent even today, is covered by the dust of the past. Don't talk about it.

If one wants to read more about the Battle of the Nations, you can start here.

And there's always Wikipedia, although between the french and english version there are some differences as for example concerning the numbers of troops involved.

What happend today 200 years ago?

I invite you to read the very detailed accounts of the two different phases of that day.

First there's one very detailed account concerning the period between 8.00 AM and 13.00 PM available here.

Then there's a second detailed account of what happened between 13.00 PM and 21.00 PM available here.

These pages with the french Order of Battle and the Order of Battle of the coalition are not to be missed either.

More to come tomorrow!!