In 1813, following his disastrous invasion of Russia, Napoleon faced a desperate battle to save his empire. His enemies were ...

Napoleon created 18 'Marshals of the Empire', to serve as the senior officers of the Grande Armée. He created a further 8 ...

The capture of the Turkish army at Slobodzee. Public Domain On June 24, 1812, Napoleon’s Grande Armée crossed the border of the Russian Empire. Acting Commander-in-Chief of the Russian army ...

Extraordinary remastered photographs bring to life old soldiers in last remaining photos ULTRA rare photographs of veterans who formed part of Napoleon Bonaparte’s famous Grande Armée have ...

The battle ended with a decisive route that crippled the Russo-Austrian coalition, leaving it with no choice but to capitulate to Napoleon. La Grande Armee is the re-creation of this battle by ...

They’re reenacting a portion of Napoleon’s Grande Armee during the Napoleonic Wars in the early 1800s in Europe. They make it so real, down to last bit of gun powder, that they call it living ...

Kutuzov was the general who saw off Napoleon’s Grande Armée in 1812; in the West, he is chiefly known through Leo Tolstoy’s portrayal in “War and Peace.” Hence the subtitle of Alexander ...

Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia made rapid progress initially and captured Moscow. But Russian tactics forced his Grande Armee into a long retreat and hundreds of thousands of his men died as a ...