In 1798, the British and French navies clashed off the coast of Egypt in a battle that changed history. The Battle of the Nile was a major turning point in the war between Britain and Napoleon’s forces. Led by Admiral Horatio Nelson, the...

The War of 1812 pitted the fledgling United States against Great Britain in a second war of independence. But what factors influenced Congress’ contentious decision to declare war in the first place?

In 1807 Napoleon waged a grim winter campaign through the Polish winter, trying to force a decisive victory that would end the war against Russia and Prussia. It was a campaign that lead to two brutal battles, Eylau and Friedland, after...