Size of army and battle in Napoleon's invasion of Russia
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A good summary is provided by Minard's chart of 1869; see Analyzing Minard's Visualization Of Napoleon's 1812 March for an analysis.
If you click on the graphic you find 422,000 is the starting size, but this is in Lithuania. It is 400,000 at Vilnius, but 60,000 troops are removed on the upper branch.
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