Nearly every aspect of Napoleon Bonaparte’s military strategy has been extensively studied for centuries. But if there is a single lesson that anyone—from would-be dictators to casual Risk board game ...

Near the end of his reign, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led an army of over half a million men in an invasion of Russia in 1812. Six months later, after the army was forced to retreat, an ...

Both Napoleon and Hitler underestimated the resolve and capacity of their adversaries. During WW2, German intelligence misjudged Soviet resilience. Putin’s decision-making also appeared insulated, ...

When Napoleon Bonaparte led his Grand Army into Russia in 1812, he commanded the largest military force Europe had ever seen — an estimated 600,000 men. By the time his battered troops stumbled out of ...

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 ...