Near the end of his reign, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led an army of over half a million men in an invasion of Russia in 1812. Six months later, after the army was forced to retreat, an ...

But the Russian Empire had been resisting his efforts to cut off all trade with Britain. That summer, he ordered his army, some 600,000 strong, to invade Russia. It would prove to be a terrible ...

The skull of a soldier from the Napoleon army was uncovered next to a button from a soldier's uniform. Napoleon Bonaparte’s catastrophic invasion of the Russian Empire remains one of history’s ...

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Napoleon Bonaparte's disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812 saw his massive "Grande Armée" almost destroyed by hunger, enemy attacks and the brutal winter. But now, scientists have identified another ...

A diamond brooch once owned by Napoleon Bonaparte is set to be auctioned for the first time. The historic jewel, comprising nearly 100 diamonds, was abandoned by the emperor when he fled to Paris ...

Napoleon Brandford was born in a tough neighborhood in the early-1950s, and raised by a single mom. What happened next was against the odds – and that’s a major understatement. Brandford led his high ...