{"id":73460,"date":"2022-05-06T04:00:15","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T08:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=73460"},"modified":"2022-05-05T12:10:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T16:10:34","slug":"the-deadliest-day-of-the-napoleonic-wars-battle-of-borodino-1812","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/05\/06\/the-deadliest-day-of-the-napoleonic-wars-battle-of-borodino-1812\/","title":{"rendered":"The Deadliest Day of the Napoleonic Wars &#8211; Battle of Borodino 1812"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bx-eHx8q4HU\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Real Time History<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 5 May 2022<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the CuriosityStream + Nebula Bundle: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqazFJWXE5ckdMNXBobTJLWnhGQklmRDNtMm1YQXxBQ3Jtc0tteGZVQ3Z4YmtzVklzX0ExYzRyNi1yTWdFYXJ4MkRVaUhldmtzaW5FeU1pbm5nRmNwN2IwVkp1SUZVTF9ITk5CaHhFRkRraDJ5a3BacFVKcnRZWWtLcmg2Q216WHJqYzg5TXYyaVk5c2dncDFWa000cw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fcuriositystream.com%2Frealtimehistory&#038;v=bx-eHx8q4HU\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/curiositystream.com\/realtimeh&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Battle of Borodino was the deadliest single day in history until the outbreak of the First World War. 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