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The Napoleonic Wars in 1 Minute

In one minute, we follow Napoleon’s meteoric rise and the wars that reshaped Europe. Using Google Earth, we trace his victories from Austerlitz to Jena, the costly invasion of Russia, and his final ...
His CIA code name is Condor. In the next seventy-two hours almost everyone he trusts will try to kill him.
In October 1813 Napoleon faced the combined might of the Sixth Coalition (Russia, Austria, Prussia, Sweden) near Leipzig, in what would prove to be the decisive battle of his career. Outnumbered, ...