The War of 1812 is today a vague mystery, sometimes confused with the “1812 Overture” played at July 4 fireworks shows, but ...

A study published in the scientific journal Current Biology reveals new diagnoses of deceased French soldiers who were a part of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte I’s invasion of Russia in 1812. New techniqu ...

Valor Mortis, the first-person action game set in an alt-history version of the Napoleonic wars, was announced earlier this ...

History is a complex web of triumph, tragedy, and change, but it isn’t immune to the threads of misinformation and misconceptions. There are “facts” that are often passed down through generations and ...

It was the most prosaic of equipment for the grandest of heists: a ladder, propped right under the noses of French guards. The thieves exited as they entered, through a window, fleeing with nearly all ...

Two centuries ago, there were dozens of independent states in the part of Europe that was German-speaking. Today, there are only four: Germany, Austria, Switzerland … and Liechtenstein.

When a figure appeared in the window of a government building, the governor suggested she was an empress’s ghost. Months ...

Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the information made public about the arrests in the Louvre case should not have been ...

Researchers have uncovered genetic evidence of paratyphoid and relapsing fever among Napoleon’s soldiers who retreated from Russia in 1812. Researchers at the Institut Pasteur have performed a genetic ...

New research finds evidence of two previously undocumented infections that likely plagued the French emperor's Grande Armée ...

Napoleon led the Grande Armée on an invasion of Russia in ... The new findings add nuance to the story of the plight of the ...