Militares

The army of the German Empire was born out of the once great Prussian army that Napoleon Bonaparte had humbled at the Battle of Jena-Auerstadt in 1806, during the Napoleonic Wars. The eventual defeat of Napoleon initiated a slow process of military reform that gained momentum during the pan-German (...)

The reign of Louis XIV of France had a great impact on the course of European and world military history. The years 1643 to 1715 were a defining epoch for western military, diplomatic, and economic matters. Most of those years were marked by conflict between major European powers and the Sun King's (...)

The reign of Louis XIV of France had a great impact on the course of European and world military history. The years 1643 to 1715 were a defining epoch for western military, diplomatic and economic matters. Most of those years were marked by conflict between major European powers and the Sun King's (...)

As well as being Emperor of the French (and note, incidentally, that Napoleon's title was not Emperor of France') it is often forgotten, or simply overlooked, that Napoleon was also King of Italy a state that essentially comprised all Italy north of the Kingdom of Naples. The Kingdom of Italy was a (...)