All,
I am more into the history "after 1900" so please bear with me.
This may have been debated to death here, ok.
I am busy reading a very interesting book on the 1812 French invasion of Russia.
It states that, according to Napoleon, going for St. Petersburg would be like going for the brain, but going for Moscow would be going for the heart.
Well and good.
Apparantly, Napoleon considered going for St. Petersburg by way of the baltic coastline.
Comments on such a strategy? Would it still have involved a Polish kngdom perhaps?
Apparantly, Napoleon was not interested in "conquering" russia, more interested in bringing the Russian armies to battle, defeating them, and THEN have a nice peace treaty again.
Would St Petersburg have offered that?
Was it feasible?
Was it too late in the day anyway? starting out in June?
Ivan