Under the Sun“ A monthly column of random, historical vignettes... The post Putin & Napoleon: A True Story of Overreach, ...
In 1798, during the French Revolutionary Wars, General Napoleon Bonaparte led a French expedition to Egypt. The plan was to conquer the wealthy province and deal a major blow to British interests in ...
Napoleon Bonaparte - faces a precarious military situation, with huge Austrian armies poised to strike against the French Republic.
A Feb. 17 Threads post (direct link, archive link) shows a screenshot of what appears to be a Feb. 15 X post from Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the December 2024 shooting death of ...
French President Emmanuel Macron branded his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin an "imperialist" who was trying to "rewrite history" after Putin compared Macron's proposal to extend France's ...
The president of the United States posted a possibly apocryphal quote often attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte on social media Saturday: “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.” ...