In 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte led one of the most ambitious military campaigns in history — the invasion of Egypt. What began as a swift conquest of Alexandria soon turned into a brutal desert nightmare ...

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Art experts believe they have solved the mystery of a portrait of a previously unidentified black soldier that hangs in the ...

History loves a good story, and battles seem to bring out the storyteller in all of us. The problem is that somewhere between ...

In the winter of 1812, Napoleon’s Grande Armée met its most devastating enemy—not the Russian army, but biology itself. As ...

The Black subject of a 19th-century portrait by Thomas Phillips has been identified, following analysis by the U.K.'s ...

On May 24, 1844, Samuel Morse sent the world’s first telegraph message, tapping out the biblical phrase “What hath God ...

Did you know dogs have a long history with militaries throughout the world, dating back to the dawning days of civilization?

The ten epic last stands in history recounts some of the most legendary against-all-odds stands in military history.

His invasion of Russia was a bad idea anyway, but two ruthless pathogens that ripped through Bonparte’s army probably didn’t ...

A brooch fitted with nearly 100 diamonds, captured after the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, is for ...