Napoleonic Wars

6 battles

Battle of Waterloo

1815Napoleonic Wars

Napoleons final defeat, ending 23 years of war. The Duke of Wellington called it a near-run thing. N...

Battle of Trafalgar

1805Napoleonic Wars

Lord Nelson destroyed the combined French-Spanish fleet, ensuring British naval supremacy for a cent...

Battle of Austerlitz

1805Napoleonic Wars

Napoleons masterpiece, called the Battle of the Three Emperors. He deliberately weakened his right f...

Battle of Friedland

1807Napoleonic Wars

Napoleon destroyed the Russian army of Bennigsen as it stood with its back to a river. Attacking lat...

Battle of Borodino

1812Napoleonic Wars

The bloodiest single day of the Napoleonic Wars, with around 70,000 total casualties. Kutuzov blocke...

Battle of Leipzig

1813Napoleonic Wars

The Battle of Nations, the largest battle in European history before World War I. Over half a millio...