The Iron Cross is one of the most widely recognised military decorations throughout the world. The story behind its origins brings us back to the Napoleonic wars. In 1813, Prussian King Frederick ...

A legend was born a few days ago when a cannonball hit a Captain of a British regiment. In today's video we are going to ...

Piano Wargames has worked with Wargames Atlantic to release their first set of 28mm plastic Napoleonic miniatures. Possibly one of the best (if not THE best) Napoleonic ranges out there can now be ...

While Napoleon’s armies conquered Europe, a secret war was raging in the shadows—one fought not with cannons, but with bribes ...

Outrage erupted following the killings of two innocent US citizens -- Alex Pretti and Renee Good -- by federal agents this ...

Learn more about the role of black troops during the Civil War at 7 p.m. Feb. 10 at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie. Cyril Lagvanec, Ph.D., will talk about the history ...

War of 1812 veteran Shadrack Byfield's second book describes a grittier life story—and a hook for a hand.

Archival discoveries including a 19th-century autobiography transform our understanding of Shadrack Byfield, an English veteran of the War of 1812 who buried his own amputated arm and designed a ...

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2025. Pp. xii, 365. Illus, notes, biblio., index. $45.00 / £38.00. ISBN: 0691262578 Returning Veterans to Civil Life in the Era of the French Wars Continuing the ...

The Battle of Berezina in 1812 was a significant moment in Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's aborted campaign against Tsarist Russia, with French troops suffering heavy losses as they fled the pursuing ...