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 ...

Trusting the command of the army to Mikhail Kutuzov, Barclay nevertheless stayed in command of one of the armies and fought later in Russia’s European campaign of 1812-1814. "The entry of ...

It will be attended by ambassadors from every European Union country that once contributed, whether they liked it or not, to Napoleon's Grand Army of 1812. 1812: The Great Retreat by Paul Britten ...

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 ...

And while to European minds the War of 1812 may always signify a far more epic struggle -- Napoleon's ill-fated invasion of Russia -- the draw that the United States managed to eke out in its own ...

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The year was 1812 and it had been just 29 years since ... of merchant ships carrying goods to anxious buyers in Europe. By the end of the 1700s, nearly one-third of all ...

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.