Essling, Napoleon led his reinforced army back across the Danube. The resulting clash with Archduke Charles's Austrian army was the biggest and bloodiest battle yet seen in European history, and ...

Between 1805 and 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte transformed Europe through a series of bold military campaigns and strategic conquests that expanded the French Empire to its peak. This video delves into ...

Napoleon made a bold return from exile in 1815 only to lose his last shot at empire in a crushing defeat delivered by the Duke of Wellington and the combined forces of Europe.

Napoleon gathered an army of 600,000 men to invade Russia and work their way toward Moscow. Napoleon's army was the largest that Europe had ever seen. Of the 600,000 men, only half of them were ...

During the last three days in May, at the start of Europe’s summer of discontent, in 72 hours, accompanied by my trusty travel companion Watson, I drove across the core of the Napoleonic ...

During the last three days in May, at the start of Europe’s summer of discontent, in 72 hours, accompanied by my trusty travel companion Watson, I drove across the core of the Napoleonic ...

The course will cover the following topics: the origins of the Empire; changes in armies and warfare; analysis of the changing nature of the Napoleonic Empire from the core to the periphery; the ...

One of the signature broad, black bicorne hats that Napoleon Bonaparte wore when he ruled 19th-century France and waged war in Europe is expected to fetch upwards of 600,000 euros ($650,000) at an ...

PARIS — After the Hollywood epic “Napoleon” exposed the legendary emperor to a new generation two years ago, over 100 relics — which shaped empires, broke hearts and spawned centuries of fascination — ...