Napoleon's Russian Campaign Visualization

An interactive D3.js visualization inspired by Charles Joseph Minard's famous 1869 flow map showing Napoleon's disastrous Russian campaign of 1812.

Features

• Visual representation of troop movements and losses
• Temperature chart showing the harsh winter conditions during the retreat
• Interactive tooltips with detailed information
• Responsive design for different screen sizes

Technologies Used

• D3.js (Data-Driven Documents)
• HTML5
• CSS3
• JavaScript

Data

The visualization includes:

• Troop movements with survivors count
• Temperature data during the retreat
• City locations with historical dates
• River locations

Inspirations

This visualization is inspired by Charles Joseph Minard's flow map, which Edward Tufte described as "probably the best statistical graphic ever drawn."