Battle of Wagram: Napoleon's Largest Battle, Austria Crushed
300,000 men collided on a plain outside Vienna, and by noon on July 6th, Napoleon had fired 90,000 artillery rounds—more than any army had ever unleashed in a single day. The ground shook for miles. Austrian Archduke Charles watched his brother's empire crumble as 72,000 soldiers fell dead or wounded in 48 hours. France won, but the casualties terrified Napoleon himself. He'd need just six years to lose everything at Waterloo. Turns out you can run out of Frenchmen before you run out of enemies.
July 6, 1809
217 years ago
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