This graph was created in 1869. The brown line shows the march to Moscow while the black line shows the return. Note the freezing temperatures during the return reaching a low of -38 °C (-34 °F). Only 93,000 survived out of the initial 685,000. More about the Grand Armée here.
TurtlePwns OP t1_j45mkai wrote
Reply to Charles Joseph Minard's famous graph of the losses of Napoleon's Grande Armée during its march to Moscow and back. by TurtlePwns
This graph was created in 1869. The brown line shows the march to Moscow while the black line shows the return. Note the freezing temperatures during the return reaching a low of -38 °C (-34 °F). Only 93,000 survived out of the initial 685,000. More about the Grand Armée here.