A diamond brooch that French emperor Napoleon lost while fleeing from the Battle of Waterloo in the early 19th century sold for more than 3.5 million Swiss francs (about $4.4 million) at a Geneva ...

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But the Russian Empire had been resisting his efforts to cut off all trade with Britain. That summer, he ordered his army, some 600,000 strong, to invade Russia. It would prove to be a terrible ...

The whalebone ship is believed to have been carved during the Napoleonic Wars [Leeds Industrial Museum] A model ship carved from whalebone by a French prisoner during the Napoleonic Wars and a replica ...

A model ship carved from bone by a French prisoner during the Napoleonic Wars and a replica of a "cursed" vessel have gone on display at a Leeds museum. The maritime miniatures were uncovered while ...

The bone ship is believed to have been carved during the Napoleonic Wars A model ship carved from bone by a French prisoner during the Napoleonic Wars and a replica of a "cursed" vessel have gone on ...

He was a French dictator—the original short king. Napoleon's supposedly short stature made him the mockery of Europe and inspired a stigma that persists today. Napoleon Bonaparte poses for a portrait ...

Multiplayer first-and-third-person shooter Holdfast: Nations at War isn't new to PC, but it's currently seeing a resurgence thanks to the launch of a crossplay update. The roleplay-friendly war game, ...