History enthusiasts dressed in regimental costumes take part in a re-enactment of Napoleon's famous battle of Austerlitz, ...

This latest project from the legendary Ken Burns is one of his best, and PBS matched its Blu-ray release with its TV debut, ...

The World Health Organization has declared Indonesia’s polio outbreak officially over following nearly three years of intensive response efforts. Indonesia has remained largely polio-free as the highl ...

In June 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte led 685,000 men—the largest army ever assembled in European history—across the Niemen River into Russia. Six months later, fewer than 40,000 returned alive. This is ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

When Napoleon’s army limped home from Russia in 1812, history blamed the cold, hunger, and exhaustion. But new genetic evidence suggests something even more insidious accompanied them. Credit: ...

When Napoleon’s once invincible army limped out of Russia in winter 1812, frostbite and hunger were merely half the story. Historians have debated for more than two centuries over which diseases ...

In 1812, French military general Napoleon Bonaparte controlled most of Europe. Even with all this power, though, when he went to bring up to 600,000 troops to invade Russia, they were forced to ...

In the summer of 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte led over half a million men into Russia, commanding what was then the largest military force Europe had ever seen. His Grande Armée swept across Europe like a ...

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 ...

By 1812, Napoleon was all powerful. Nearly all of Europe was under his control. He had succeeded in forbidding most of the continent from trading with Britain in an effort to bring the island nation ...