Napoleon gathered an army of 600,000 men to invade Russia and work their way toward Moscow. Napoleon's army was the largest that Europe had ever seen. Of the 600,000 men, only half of them were ...

Napoleon’s edict barring trade with Great Britain was ruining the Russian economy. Tensions quickly escalated; every attempt to negotiate failed.

Over 600,000 men marched east—few returned. Napoleon’s invasion of Russia was meant to crush resistance, but instead, it shattered the Grande Armée.

Napoleon in Burning Moscow, Adam Albrecht, 1841 Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. By the time Napoleon Bonaparte and his men reached Moscow on September 14, 1812, an eerie quiet had descended ...

Napoleon wasted five weeks in Moscow expecting the tsar to come to terms. When the Grande Armée finally started to withdraw to central Europe on October 19, the soldiers were still wearing their ...

The remains of General Charles-Étienne Gudin, one of Napoleon Bonaparte’s most valued military commanders, have been uncovered in Smolensk, Russia by a team of French and Russian archaeologists.

Napoleon’s victory over the Austro-Russian forces that December was total. And the way it was canonized by the likes of French general Adolphe Marbot was even more impressive.

Vladimir Putin has mocked Emmanuel Macron, warning him that 'some people forget how Napoleon's Russian campaign ended,' after the French President indicated he would be willing to use his country ...

Castelbajac, who said his ancestor fought in Napoleon’s Russian campaign, brought a personal touch. “I covered the emperor’s bed in original canvas. You can feel he was just alone, ...