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Although the Russians had only about 200,000 effective soldiers to fight the invasion,
雖然俄國只有大約二十萬有作戰能力的士兵
Alexander's generals practiced the time honored Russian tactic of scorched earth and retreat
亞歷山大的將軍們實施了有著悠久傳統的焦土策略
Drawing Napoleon's forces ever deeper into Russia just in time for the wretched Russian winter!
吸引拿破侖的部隊深入俄國腹地，直到俄國殘酷冬天的到來
The Russian peasant armies fought well against Napoleon's veterans
俄國民兵也起來對抗拿破侖軍隊中的老兵
whether they were fighting for the Tsar or for Mother Russia or for the tiny sliver of Mother Russia each could pretend was his own.
不管是為沙皇而戰還是為祖國俄羅斯或是任何的本著俄羅斯名義的小事而戰
Had Napoleon known about Russia's long history of oppressing its serfs and its history of peasant revolts,
拿破侖要是對俄國漫長的農奴制和頻發的農民起義有所耳聞的話
Napoleon might have won over enough peasants to his own side and possibly make a difference.
拿破侖就很可能贏得足夠多的農民的支持從而取得戰爭的勝利
More than a century later, Hitler would make the same mistake in not winning over the peasants opressed by the Soviet Union.
一個多世紀后，希特勒也犯了同樣的錯誤，并沒有取得受蘇維埃政權壓迫的農民的支持
Mid-October found Napoleon in Moscow at the end of his supply line and with an army too small to fight.
十月中旬拿破侖在他的補給線末端所剩人數已經不多
The Russians preferred burning Moscow down to letting Napoleon use it as a winter base.
為了不讓拿破侖把莫斯科作為冬季的基地，俄羅斯人燒毀了莫斯科
Napoleon was finished, and he knew it!
拿破侖知道自己這下完了
The Russian armies chased Napoleon all the way back to Paris!
俄軍一路把拿破侖追到了巴黎
And in 1814, the Russians accepted Napoleon's surrender.
1814年，俄國接受了拿破侖的投降
The triumphant Alexander the First was applauded as the savior of all of Europe.
亞歷山大一世取得的勝利被看做是對整個歐洲的拯救
