Napoleon

The fate of the French left by Napoleon’s Grand Army in the Russia of 1812

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The fate of the French left by Napoleon’s Grand Army in the Russia of 1812

The “Battle of the Giants”, the biggest and bloodiest of the Russian campaign, left 35,000 dead and 55,000 wounded in its wake. The bicentenary of Napoleon’s death is also the occasion to recall that the grand army was forced to abandon men after its withdrawal from Russia in October 1812. About 2,000 of them wanted … Read more

RIGHT WRONG. Ten questions about Napoleon, between myth and reality

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RIGHT WRONG. Ten questions about Napoleon, between myth and reality

On May 5, 1821, Napoleon would die at the age of 51, far from his family and his country, in Saint Helena, a lost island in the South Atlantic where the British sent him into exile after his last defeat, in Waterloo. Two centuries later, Emmanuel Macron will lay a wreath this Wednesday afternoon at … Read more