Napoleon prophesied the war would be over in twenty days ... chanting, "'Tis the will of God, 'tis the will of God." SOKHOLOV: They were prepared to die, to die for Russia. Everyone saw this ...

There are more books with “Napoleon” in their titles than there have been days since the death of the French emperor and general in 1821. So reports Andrew Roberts in his magisterial biography ...

proclaiming a War of German Liberation. But the people of Bavaria, who had profited from Napoleon's earlier defeat of Austria, rallied once again around Napoleon as he assembled his troops for battle.

Other accounts have insisted that he said "thank God I have done my duty" as it ... The victory was a turning point in Britain's war against Napoleon and arguably helped to establish Britain's ...