So the Duke of Wellington brought Napoleon’s Hundred Days to an end at the Battle of Waterloo in, according to him, one of ...

Napoleon's campaign against the Russian Empire was one of the most costly wars in history. Many soldiers died of diseases.

In 1798, Napoleon’s army clashed with Mamluk forces near Cairo in the Battle of the Pyramids, securing a decisive victory in ...

When Napoleon marched his Grand Army of 600,000 troops into Russia in 1812, he commanded one of the largest fighting forces ...

In 1807, Napoleon was reportedly stormed by an army of rabbits. Two centuries later, a few hundred meters from his tomb, a colony of rabbits is camped on the lawns of the Invalides... History loves a ...

Napoleon's supposedly short stature made him the mockery of Europe and inspired a stigma that persists today. Napoleon Bonaparte poses for a portrait in his coronation robes.

Napoleon didn’t start off as royalty, but rather as a French army officer from a minor Italian noble family from Corsica. But he was a voracious reader and brilliant military strategist, which ...

‘Napoleon’ Review: Ridley Scott and Joaquin Phoenix Deliver a Film That Works Better as a Comedy Than a Historical Epic Those worried about a glorification of the dictator needn't have feared.