Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The British Army has shrunk to a force of only 72,000 soldiers, its smallest size in two centuries.Cpl Aaron J. Stone/UK Ministry ...

The Duke of Wellington, who commanded coalition troops at Waterloo, Prussian Field Marshal Bluecher and Marshal Ney were the key players in a momentous battle which turned European history: - ...

In the winter of 1812, Napoleon’s once-mighty army left Russia battered, frostbitten, and starving. The infamous retreat claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, but until recently, no one could say ...

Prof. Nester (emeritus Nebraska-Kearney), has written widely in war and diplomacy, and in this volume follows up his 2001 Napoleon and the Art of Diplomacy with a look at how Britain developed, ...