What if Napoleon had defeated Britain at sea — and avoided the catastrophic invasion of Russia? This video explores a ...

This essay is part of “(There is Nothing New) Under the Sun“ A monthly column of random, historical vignettes demonstrating that the more things change, the more they stay the same. After fighting for ...

In the summer of 1812, the legendary French general Napoleon Bonaparte led an army about half a million strong to invade Russia. The Russians retreated but burned the countryside as they withdrew, ...