Napoleonic Wars

Russian Army Saved by French Blunder – The Battle of Lubino 1812

1812 Campaign French general Junot and Emperor Napoleon I had a bit of a history by the time of the[…]

Napoleon’s retreat from Russia Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow and from Russia as a whole is one of the most dramatic[…]

Battle of Smolensk in 1812 Smolensk is an important symbolic city to the Russians in 1812, for Napoleon it’s a[…]

Battle of Waterloo How was Napoleon defeated at The Battle of Waterloo? Why was it the bloodiest battle in history[…]

Only half of his troops came from Territories of the expanded French Empire When Napoleon marched his Grande Armée into[…]

Napoleon’s Army marches on and reaches Moscow After the Battle of Borodino, both sides are badly mauled. Napoleon’s Army marches[…]

The Battle of Borodino The Battle of Borodino was the deadliest single day in history until the outbreak of the[…]

When Napoleon took Moscow, he expected victory over Russia was just a matter of time. But six weeks later he[…]

Napoleon’s Grande Armee When Napoleon’s Grande Armee crossed the Nemen river into the Russian Empire in 1812, the die had[…]

The Super Prison Built to Hold Napoleon The first time Napoleon Bonaparte’s enemies sent him into exile, they underestimated him.[…]