Both Napoleon and Hitler underestimated the resolve and capacity of their adversaries. During WW2, German intelligence ...

Dec. 26 marks 200 years since the Decembrist uprising in St. Petersburg. Liberal army officers, inspired by Western ideals ...

Prologue On December 20, 2025, the European Union (EU) almost crossed the Rubicon. It tried seizing Russian financial assets in Belgium for funding and ...

Researchers studied fossils, well-preserved remains and even a single fingerprint to solve some of history’s long-standing mysteries this year.

We were the children of 1812.” That was when Napoleon invaded Russia; two years later Russian forces entered Paris. They ...

Ukraine said Thursday its long-range drones had struck a major offshore oil platform in the Caspian Sea this week, in a previously undisclosed mission that signals a new expansion of its target list ...

An international research team led by France's Pasteur Institute has identified the infectious diseases that plagued Napoleon's French army. (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.09.047) The year 1812 was a disast ...

Witkoff and Kushner meet Putin in the Kremlin Trump says the war is 'a mess' Putin tells Europe: Russia does not want war with Europe Putin dismisses European proposals on Ukraine Zelenskiy warns ...

Your device does not support the audio. December 2nd holds a unique place in history, marked by events that have shaped the course of nations and influenced global movements. Don't miss our top ...

On Dec. 2, 1982, in the first operation of its kind, doctors at the University of Utah Medical Center implanted a permanent artificial heart in the chest of Barney Clark, a retired dentist who lived ...

WITH NAPOLEON IN RUSSIA—General de Caulaincourt—Morrow ($3.75). General Armand de Caulaincourt, first Duke of Vicenza, was born in Picardy in 1773, became a soldier at the age of 14, a brevetted ...

The two sides did not reach any specific compromises, an aide to President Vladimir V. Putin said, as the United States pushes a plan to end the war in Ukraine. By Paul Sonne and Valerie Hopkins ...