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Coalition Wars
- War of the Fourth CoalitionOn the 9th of October 1806, Prussia declared war on France and joined a renewed coalition. This decision followed months of diplomatic breakdown and the…
- War of the Fifth CoalitionIn early 1809, the Austrian Empire stood alone in Central Europe. Emperor Francis I faced a French Empire led by Napoleon Bonaparte that controlled most of…
- French Revolutionary and Napoleonic WarsThe phrase "Great French War" emerged from British historians to describe the nearly continuous period of warfare stretching from 1792 to 1815.
- War of the Sixth CoalitionIn June 1812, Napoleon crossed the Neman river with an army of 650,000 men. Roughly half were French soldiers, while the rest came from allied or subject…