Daily Progress Post 2/27/09

Today I worked on Index Cards and trying to make sure everything was tagged and everything done correctly all of the websites were not lineing up on the blogger and delicious so I had to fix that and that took awhile. This weekend Im going to work on the Core of the Project a ton so I could be on the right foot.

Index Card # 15

http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/Invasion_of_Russia_1812.htm

I like this site because it shows a map of the battlefield and the actual movements by Napoleon. It shows pictures in a museum of the famous war heros of Russia and talking more about some of Russian's key Generals. The Russians were outnumbered nearly 12 to 1 its really crazy.

Index Card # 14

http://web2.airmail.net/napoleon/

I like this picture that it has on this website because it will be some of the very few pictures that I have of him for the project and I like the information it puts on there describing the painting. They also describe the grand army that Napoleon had describing his major defeats and his major victories that Napoleon had on his conquests for power.

Index Card # 13

http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/c_organization.html#russia

Generals and Ranks

I like this site because it shows what the ranks were of the Generals and it showed what they were ranked to like artillery, calvary or a infantry division. I also shows the different manuevers to like formations it just gets me a little more information. When studying this just thinking how could the Russians have held these French off but they did for a while but decided not to fight to the death but retreat and get ready for a counter attack that would happen when the French were weak.

Daily Progress Post 2/26/09

Today I worked on just the Index Cards and getting more websites this weekend for sure im going to really work on the core of my project because I got a ton of work ahead of me so I got to be prepared.

Index Card # 12

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Russian_Army_during_the_Napoleonic_Wars

Russia's Tactics

Russia's gameplan was really to hold lines they really werent on offensive manuvers they used the best possible defensive strategies possible to hold the Napoleons Armies. But they still couldnt hold them Russia backed down and let them have Moscow there strategy was to have Napoleon hyperextend his armies so that supply wouldnt be good and hopefully the Russian winters would hit them too. It worked then the Russians retaleated.

Index Card # 11

http://countrystudies.us/russia/24.htm

Russia's Climates

Wow Russia has some of the most intense wheather of any country the record low for a town called Verkhoyansk hit at -94 degress Celcius that is -137 degress Farienheit that is insane thats why I think Russia in any war on defense if they hold out long enough they are unstoppable like tremendous "Home Field Advantage".

Index Card # 10

http://www.pbs.org/empires/napoleon/n_war/campaign/page_13.html

The Beginning

I like this site because it explains how this all started and what predictions were going to be made about this war. What was interesting is that Napoleon said that this war would be over in twenty days he thought that sheer force would crumble them very quickly but it really didnt turn out that way. The Russians fought tremendously well in the Borodino battle which last nearly nine hours

Daily Progress Post 2/25/09

The first thing that I did was look up websites for landscape and map information. Then I worked on Index Cards the rest of the time. I still got some to do but I think Im ok.

Index Card # 9

http://www.euroave.com/maps/00mapx.php?xcity=moscow

Map of Moscow

I like this site because I really want to know if there is a river or some sort of canal in the city because I would like to add that into the video. There is and it is like a canal I will have to add that into the terrain so that it is more realistic. I really find landscape very important because it shows good detail and it makes the fighting accurate like high ground.

Index Card # 8

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/distances.html?n=166

Cities around Moscow

The reason that I want the cities around Moscow is to make this a little more realistic by putting smaller cities further away. I also know that many if not all cities that Napoleon went through he burned I can do that in this program like damage control so that any city will be in flames. I also want to do like a damage on the troops marching into the wintery wheather because the French were not prepared for this kind off winter just to make it even better.

Index Card # 7

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-pound_cannon

Napoleons Standard Cannon

Napoleon used these standard 12 pound cannons for most of his front because they were mass produced and were easy to operate and a very powerful ordance. It was also a very versitle weapon but the only thing that this cannon website is doing for me is telling me what age this war was from so that I can haev a accurate time frame for the technology when making the map and weapons and troops for this video.

Daily Progress Post 2/23/09

At home I worked on getting the program installed on my computer so I can edit them to make them better and I worked on the Index cards.

Index Card # 6

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon%27s_invasion_of_Russia
  
  The Invasion
  
  This is arguably the best site that I have found it has everything and it suprisingly accurate for a wikipedia site. I like this site because It gives you a troop count for everything like where the recruits were from and what kind of troops were used.
• What I thought that was interesting is that the Russians were outnumbered nearly 4/1
• That means that for every death of a Russian he had of killed 4 French troops to actually have a chance on winning the war against the French

Index Card # 5

http://www.napolun.com/mirror/web2.airmail.net/napoleon/Napoleon_tactics.htm

Tactics and Style

This website talks more about tactics and style of the formations that Napoleon used in his fighting. A very unique Battalien Square formation which drove enemy crazy by multiple screens and lots of distractions.
What I thought that was interesting was that he overexaggerated the fighting before it began so that they could be on the safe side of things. When the real thing was happening.

Index Card # 4

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/features/movie-maker.aspx

Windows Vista Ultimate

This Website was just to identify if I could get a movie maker program on my computer. I just looked up the features like cropping and turning it into a HD movie and using contrasting adjust tools so that I can make it a little better.

Daily Progress Post 2/23/09

Today I showed a sample of the core of my project and I found out that I can edit the movie that I have created to improve quality. Create like text boxes so I can explain what is going on. Instead of saying everything. But my Ultimate goal is to make the quality better and cut of the menu so that it will be easier to see the troops and everything that is going on.

Daily Progress Post 2/19/09

I worked on the Final Index Card and tagged all of the sites on Delicious.com. Next I will work on the battles so I could show you a sample of what Im doing next class sorry I couldnt be in class today I got the flu so I have been working on this at home. Ill be there next class so yeah

Index Card III

http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Marina/6150/cos.html

The troops used in the Napoleon war.

This site is mainly about the Russian troops and equippment and how they used special warriors called Cossacks which were basicly calvary. But there was a lot of them so they could tear through ranks of the charging Napoleon infantry. Whats also interesting is the Cossacks took over the Russian Government like they were there own party. But really all that a Cossack means that those people were adventurers and enthusest about Russia. But they did play a significant roll on fighting off the French.
"Always on horseback, always ready to fight, always on the alert". I like this quote because it shows the disciplen of these soldiers.

Daily Progress Post for 2/17/09

Today I worked on the index cards I got 2 out of the 3 done I think that is reasonable and I looked up lots of websites for tactics. For next class I will be working on the final index card and actually starting to make the scenery and all that stuff. So that I will be ready to start with tactics.

Index Card II

http://www.laughtergenealogy.com/bin/histprof/misc/napoleon.html

Napoleons Early years

Napoleon was an exellent administrator, which created a strong central government, he revised and organized the French laws into a collection of codes. He had control of the police system, forign policy, domestic affairs, It also talks about his downfall and how he really hyperextended his power because he was taking over to much land and not enough people to stay and guard it and this caused problems by nationalism, and French troops attacking towns because of poor economic times
Napoleon had asked to be buried "on the banks of the Seine, among the French people I have loved so much." He really liked France and their way of life so he really wanted to be buried with the country he loved.

Index Card I

http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/Napoleon_tactics.htm#napoleontactics

The Tactics used in the War Against Russia

The website is really self explanitory it shows his campagins and all of the tactics used. According to this website he favored lots of flanking because it was highly effective. Napoleons armies also had really high morales so they were able to win fights even when they were outnumbered or the enemy had better technology. Because of the superior tactics. Napoleon dominated he was able to use. What I thought that was interesting was that he liked to send a elite squad of troops almost like a modern day special forces and had them secure the most valuble position to fight in so that he could get an edge early. Then heavier troops would be sent in and then light with really fast mobile artillery. This caused lots of traps which he could surround them. He prefered tons of speed and lots of flanking. The only weakness that he had was flanks if his flanks were taken down he could be defeated and it happend three times.
"There are in Europe many good generals,but they see too many things at once."- Napoleon, he thought that other Generals looked at things to large and he looked at things small and took things step by step which he believes gave him lots of success.

Daily Progress 2/17/09

On 2/17/09 I found a website that is excellent because it shows almost all of his campaigns that he did and the tactics that were used for it. But for the rest of the day I worked on the three index cards. I am almost ready to start the construction of the landscape of the battles.

AC Lab Work

In ac lab on 2/17/09 I am working on getting the tactics and the troop arangements for the set up of the troops and empacements and defenses. I found a website and I have posted it on delicious.com it is available to look at there.

Daily Progress 2/11/09

1. Well I kinda switch gameplans I filled out the questions and answered. The other thing that I did was I found a website that talked about Napoleons life and what his strengths were. I also have to make up what I did last class tommoro on the A Day because I forgot to.

Answers to Product Prospectus

1. The tactics that Napoleon used during the campaign against Russia
2. Well I will be making a battle around the outside of Moscow showing tactical advanages around that area.
3. Well I chose it because I like using computer programs to recreate things that happend in history like mainly battles. Like last year when I was a freshman I used the same program to recreate D-day and Civil War battles in Modern American History.
4. Well Im really a proffesionalist and I believe that its got to be perfect the battle scenes Id also like to be able to fully explain the topic and all of the aspects of it so that I am ready for any questions people ask me at the end of my presentation.
5. Well at the end of the project I will have a better understanding of Napoleons years and I would like for this knowledge to stay with me so I could use it in the future as a reference to a questions because I really think that any battle that took place in the past has helped shape our tactics today.
6. First I would like to start with the battle scene I have a feeling that this time period and the technology that both sides had are going to be tough to judge so Im going to start making it first and through lots of trail and error I make it perfect and easy to understand like weapons and cannons and stuff like that.
7. Well next would be studying the tactics of it and applying them into the battle will be tough because when the troops to attack each other they wont really hit a different formation so I will have to make a few custom tactics on the layout of the area that they are fighting in so that it can all work out. I have a question for you what is the limit time we can take on the whole presentation. In the program that Im using there is blood violence so hopefully it will be ok.

Daily Progress 2/11/09

1. Im working on getting information on napoleon and then Im going to get information on the tactical information of the Napoleon war against Russia.

Product Prospectus

1. The research question? = The different types of tactics that were used in the War
2. A description of the form which the final product will take?
3. A justification of that form ("Why choose the particular form?")
4. A definition of the finished product?
5. A justification of how the finished product demonstrates mastery?
6. A task break down/work flow for the project?
7. The next actions to be taken on that project?

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