Napoleon's favourite general has been formally identified after DNA tests on a one-legged skeleton found under a dance floor in western Russia. Analysis confirmed that the bones belonged to ...

The work deftly captures the renowned general’s grand and determined spirit ... the eagle is a central figure in Napoléon’s coat of arms and was placed at the top of the shaft of every flag in the ...

Researchers used the memoirs of Louis-Nicolas Davout, another French general of the Napoleonic era, who organised Gudin's funeral and described the location. They then followed another witness ...

Colonel Alistair Carns warns UK would not be able to sustain losses like those suffered by Kremlin’s forces in Ukraine ...

Michael V. Leggiere reveals how, in the spring of 1813, Prussia, the weakest of the great powers, led the struggle against Napoleon as a war of national liberation. Using German, French, British, ...

As captain, he chased the British out in a daring mission that won him the spotlight, and a promotion – to brigadier general. Andrew Roberts, author of Napoleon the Great, tells the podcast his ...

But the Austrian General there, Mack ... but never again would the French challenge the might of the British navy. Napoleon no longer had a fleet he could count on, and now, in December 1805 ...

There's a new biopic about Napoleon, directed by ultra-famous auteur Ridley Scott, coming out this fall. It stars Joaquin Phoenix as the titular tyrant, and covers some of the most famous battles ...