>>12166244June was the earliest possible time Napoleon could invade Russia. The spring thaw and rains turned every shitty cart track that passed for a road in 1812 Russia into rivers of mud, they weren't passable until June. And even then he still lost thousands of supply wagons to the poor roads. Two thirds of his army had deserted or starved to death by the time he fought the Russians at Borodino. The winter was just the finishing blow on what little he had left afterwards.
