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Napoleon Defeated: Aspern 1809
In 1809, with Napoleon and his best troops bogged down in Spain, Austria decided to try to get revenge for her humiliation at Austerlitz three years before. Archduke Charles led an invasion of ...
In a replay of the early 1800s, China is looking a lot like the crafty Brits and the US like the doomed French.
In a new book, Benoît Gallot explains what it takes to run Père-Lachaise, where he lives with his wife, children and, he ...
By some estimates, 60 to 70 percent of casualties in Ukraine now come from drones — cheap, disposable first-person view ...
A sweeping series of military expansion projects across the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is reshaping the region’s economy, infrastructure, and long-term strategic role in U.S ...
Napoleon invaded Russia with the largest army Europe had ever seen. But after winning a costly victory at Borodino and ...
The name of Napoleon,” said the French emperor Napoleon III, “is a program in itself.” The same is true of Alcatraz, or as ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday directed the active duty military to shed 20% of its four-star general officers as the Trump administration moves forward with deep cuts that it says will ...
Under its longest-serving editor, Graydon Carter, Vanity Fair was that rare thing – a New York society magazine that published serious journalism. @PeterPeteryork looks at what Carter got right. Peter ...
Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican army's victory over the Second French Empire, led by Napoleon III, at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, hence the name. The holiday is celebrated across ...
Julian Farm and Orchard is hosting a Napoleon Brigade Reenactment this weekend. The community is invited to take part in the reenactment dressed as military, civilian, French, allies, infantry ...
OK, so maybe “Gladiator” isn’t necessarily a military movie ... the emperor’s son Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix, “Napoleon”), Maximus is captured as a slave and gladiator.