Before becoming the ogre of Europe, Adolf Hitler was a corporal in the Bavarian 16th Reserve Infantry Regiment in World War I.   More »

In June 1815, Napoleon’s appetite for war took him to Mont St. Jean, where the Battle of Waterloo, one of history’s most celebrated battles was fought.   More »

History repeated itself at the Second Battle of Copenhagen: Napoleon Bonaparte lost most of his fleet in another defeat at the hands of his archenemy.   More »

Napoleon won a great victory at Dresden, but many historians believe his sudden illness—uncontrollable diarrhea and vomiting—prevented him from organizing an effective pursuit of the retreating Allied army. It underscores the fact that the emperor was plagued with bouts of ill health during the last decade of his life.   More »

The five-month campaign by the U.S. Army in 1847 to capture Mexico City pitted Winfield Scott against Antonio de Santa Anna.   More »

Napoleon pummeled Blucher at Ligny on June 16, 1815. Although forced back the Prussians maintained contact with Wellington for the clash at Waterloo.   More »

American pilots serving in the Royal Air Force flew missions in support of the abortive 1942 raid on the French coastal town.   More »

The fabled Scottish Highlanders, including the 42nd, 79th and 92nd Regiments, marched into battle at Quatre Bras and Waterloo behind beating drums and shrieking bagpipes, shouting their fierce war cry, “Scotland forever!”   More »

At the village of Fuentes de Onoro, the English Duke of Wellington waited to see French Marshal Massena and his optimistically named Army of Portugal.   More »

The minarets of Alexandria shone distantly as a British expeditionary force headed for the fabled city. A French counterattack was soon under way.   More »