Napoleon invaded Russia with the largest army Europe had ever seen. As it advanced, the Russian army retreated, and by ...

Napoleon Bonaparte began his conquest of Europe. By 1804, Bonaparte had made himself the emperor of France and was quickly amassing power. By 1812, Bonaparte controlled territory from Iberia to ...

Napoleon led the largest army in European history into Russia, but brutal winter and scorched earth tactics turned it into a disaster! His empire would never be the same! Judge Orders White House ...

In 1812 the Russian people de facto fought to preserve the dead hand of history. In the wide swath of Continental Europe that he, for a time, liberated from repressive absolutist monarchies ...

Napoleon's disastrous retreat from Moscow, in 1812, marked the end of his invasion of Russia. His vast army had made rapid advances, capturing Moscow, but never secured a decisive victory.

Having established control over almost all of Europe, Napoleon felt the Russian Empire threatened his plans for domination, and so he set about trying to put the country on its knees. In 1812 ...

Napoleon's disastrous retreat from Moscow, in 1812, marked the end of his invasion of Russia. His vast army had made rapid advances, capturing Moscow, but never secured a decisive victory.

On this day in 1812, the House adopted a resolution declaring war against Great Britain, from which the United States had won its independence in 1783. Since the outbreak of war in Europe in 1803 ...

On this day in 1812, the House adopted a resolution declaring ... Since the outbreak of the Napoleonic wars in Europe in 1803, relations between the two nations had deteriorated sharply.