Napoleon's Army, when Retreated From Russia, Died of Cold and Famine — and From Disease. Two Hundred Years Later, Scientists Found Out Which Ones.

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When Napoleon's army retreated from Russia in 1812, 300,000 French soldiers died as a result of fighting, frostbite, food shortages, and disease, and after 200 years scientists discovered what diseases were, the results of which were published in the scientific journal Current Biology.