Napoleon's rivalry with Britain led to an ill-fated intervention in Portugal and Spain, that sparked a nationalist revolt against the French. At Bailén Napoleon's Empire suffered its first major ...

Napoleon crowned himself emperor on December 2, 1804, turning the French Republic into the French Empire, with a Bonaparte line of succession. He felt that this provision for continuity was ...

After his disastrous Russian campaign, Napoleon’s empire hung by a thread. In 1813, the battle for Germany would decide the fate of Europe—could he still turn the tide? Rubio warns if it’s ...

Never in living memory had so large an army been assembled — Italians, Poles, German, French — more than 600,000 men from every corner of his empire. Napoleon prophesied the war would be over ...

His triumph led to the separation of the Holy Roman Empire and the establishment of the Rhine Confederation. Napoleon’s downfall began soon after. His involvement in the Peninsular War ...

To mark the 220th anniversary of Napoleon's coronation, an immersive virtual reality experience will plunge the general ...