The War of the Fifth Coalition, or the Austro-French War of 1809 was a conflict between Britain-backed Austria and the Empire of France with its allies in the Rhine Confederation. Austria started the war hoping that Napoleons forces would be weakened by the Peninsular War in Spain. This proved to be a misjudgment. Although Archduke […]
French invasion of Russia 1812
Napoleon’s Russian campaign of 1812 represents the first phase of the Sixth Coalition War, in which France and Russia faced each other with their respective allies. After initial French successes, the campaign ended in one of the greatest military disasters in history. After the complete expulsion of the Grande Armée from Russian territory, the campaign […]
Peninsular War 1807-1814
Napoleon Bonaparte’s campaign on the Iberian Peninsula lasted from 1807 to 1814, and is called the Spanish War of Independence (Guerra de la Independencia Española) by the Spanish, and the Peninsular War by the British. The Peninsular War represents a period of the Napoleonic Wars, in which Spain, Portugal and Great Britain fought against French […]