Napoleon dominated Europe, but Spain and Portugal became his greatest military disaster. The Peninsular War turned into an endless, costly conflict, forcing the French to fight against both a ...

The Napoleonic Empire was crucial in the formation of modern Europe. Much of Europe was dominated by the Napoleonic Empire and its impact was felt across the continent and in parts of the non-European ...

But they wouldn't remain neutral for long — all of Europe smelled blood with Napoleon's defeat. "My star was fading," Napoleon said. "I felt the reins slipping out of my grasp, and could do ...

He suggested that his critics were craven weaklings: “We are surely approaching a moment for Europe in which it will ... from Moscow’s assault. Yet the Napoleon-wannabe Macron talks of ...

The gate that goes nowhere is somehow a monument to the Napoleonic genius of the man who enabled the emancipation of the Jews ...

Europe's Egypt obsession led to its first museums of archaeology Goaded on by Napoleon's savant expeditions, the European fascination with ancient Egypt gave rise to archaeological museums in ...

The French and British were at war once again: irreconcilable enemies struggling for dominance on the continent of Europe. At the end of summer, Napoleon paraded his soldiers along the Channel ...

It dates from the Napoleonic era and would have been made ... The British victory at Waterloo in 1815 left Britain the dominant power in Europe with the Royal Navy being the strongest fleet ...