Bonaparte was not only a warrior; he was also a shrewd propagandist. During his first campaign in Italy, he carefully crafted reports from the battlefield, designed to increase his glory while ...

What shaped Napoleon? Read on to find out. The second son of Corsican rebels Carlo and Letizia, Napoleone di Buonaparte entered the world on 15 August, 1769, a mere year after the French purchased ...

The Austrians fortified a narrow wooden bridge in Lodi with fourteen cannons and three battalions, and dared Bonaparte to cross it. Bonaparte ordered a simple frontal assault on the bridge.

"Come general, the affair is over, we have lost the day," Napoleon told one of his officers. "Let us be off." The day was June 18, 1815. By about 8 p.m., the emperor of France knew he had been ...

Likely removed by Nazi researchers, the scrap of fabric is a small but crucial part of the tattered tapestry’s nearly 1,000-year history On This Day in History When the blaze in Moscow subsided ...

With access to a unique archive of personal letters, this documentary brings the love story of Napoleon to life. The unpublished love letters Napoleon wrote to Josephine shed new light on Napoleon ...