Napoleon to Hitler

Napoleon Bonaparte started for Moscow on June 24, 1812. Adolf Hitler started on June 22, 1941. Napoleon, whose fastest unit was the horse, reached Moscow on Sept. 14. This week, on Sept. 14, Hitler, whose fastest unit is the plane, was fighting Russian counter-attacks some 200 miles from Moscow. Napoleon stayed in Moscow for nearly six weeks, suffered cold and defeat in the frigid Russian winter, was back in Paris by Dec. 18. Later Napoleon said:

"I made a mistake in attacking Russia. I thought the whole world would be with me. Everybody turned against me. . . . One shudders when one thinks of such a mass as Russia that one cannot attack either from the side or from the rear. . . . She overflows on you if you lose; she retires into the middle of the ice banks if you win, and suddenly comes out again like the head of the Hydra. ... It is not in our province to attempt such a Herculean task, and I tried it stupidly. That I must admit."

Last week Adolf Hitler ordered the requisitioning of all skis, ski poles and snowshoes in Germany, all furs suitable for military wear.

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