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BATTLE OF THE NILE

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DATE: 1798-08-01 LOC: Aboukir Bay, Egypt

Admiral Nelson annihilated the French fleet at Aboukir Bay, Egypt, 1798. Stranded Napoleon's army in Egypt and ended his plans for an eastern empire.

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MATCH 28
The Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
The Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Gregory Fremont-Barnes

2006

NON-FICTION

This comprehensive three-volume work on the French Revolution and Napoleon's rule and campaigns covers a wide range of military, political, social, and cultural events and personalities during a time ...

Same eventSame warTags: Napoleonic, Naval, North Africa
MATCH 28
An Advanced History of Great Britain from the Earliest Times to the Death of Edward VII
An Advanced History of Great Britain from the Earliest Times to the Death of Edward VII

Thomas Frederick Tout

1912

NON-FICTION
Same eventSame warTags: Napoleonic, Naval, North Africa
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The Campaign of 1815
The Campaign of 1815

William O'Connor Morris

1900

NON-FICTION
Same eventSame warTags: Napoleonic
MATCH 19
The Battle 100
The Battle 100

Michael Lee Lanning

2005

NON-FICTION

Offers a historical retrospective on the most important battles of the past three thousand years, describing in detail one hundred key military campaigns, with commentary on the outcome of the conflic...

Same eventSame war
MATCH 19
French Warships in the Age of Sail, 1786-1861
French Warships in the Age of Sail, 1786-1861

Rif Winfield; Stephen S. Roberts

2015

NON-FICTION

In 1786 the French navy had just emerged from its most successful war of the eighteenth century, and the reputation of its ship design and fighting skills never stood higher. Though the effects of the...

Same eventSame war
MATCH 19
European Armies of the French Revolution, 1789–1802
European Armies of the French Revolution, 1789–1802

Frederick C. Schneid

2015

NON-FICTION

Upon France’s defeat of the vaunted Prussian army at the Battle of Valmy in 1792, German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe remarked, “From this place and from this day forth commences a new era in the...

Same eventSame war
MATCH 19
European Jewry and the First Crusade
European Jewry and the First Crusade

Robert Chazan

1987

NON-FICTION

Analyzes the causes of the anti-Jewish violence of the First Crusade. The spiritual revival and rapid growth of the 10th-11th centuries led both to Church reform and the Crusades, an attempt to direct...

Same eventSame war
MATCH 19
Empire in Black and Gold: Shadows of the Apt 1
Empire in Black and Gold: Shadows of the Apt 1

Adrian Tchaikovsky

2021

NON-FICTION

The city states of the Lowlands have lived in peace and prosperity for decades, hailed as bastions of civilization and sophistication. That peace is about to end. Far from the Lowlands, an ancient emp...

Same eventSame war
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Blitzkrieg: Book 1 of the Ladybird Expert History of the Second World War
Blitzkrieg: Book 1 of the Ladybird Expert History of the Second World War

James Holland

2018

NON-FICTION

Part of the ALL-NEW Ladybird Expert series. Learn about the fall of Europe in the Second World War in one of the most successful military strategies of modern warfare in this accessible, insightful an...

Same eventSame war
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Encyclopedia of the Age of Political Revolutions and New Ideologies, 1760-1815
Encyclopedia of the Age of Political Revolutions and New Ideologies, 1760-1815

Gregory Fremont-Barnes

2007

NON-FICTION

By giving rise to new ideologies that in time transformed the political structure of much of the world, the American and French Revolutions stand as two of the most important political events in globa...

Same warTags: Napoleonic
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History of the Wars of the French Revolution
History of the Wars of the French Revolution

Edward Baines

1817

NON-FICTION
Same warTags: Napoleonic
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Readers Comp to Military History Pa
Readers Comp to Military History Pa

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

2001

NON-FICTION

THE READER'S COMPANION TO MILITARY HISTORY is the first major reference work on military history to represent a global perspective. More than 150 distinguished military historians, biographers, and jo...

Same warTags: Napoleonic
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Sharpe's Trafalgar
Sharpe's Trafalgar

Bernard Cornwell

2009

FICTION

"The greatest writer of historical adventures today." —Washington Post Critically acclaimed, perennial New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell (Agincourt, The Fort, the Saxon Tales) makes r...

Tags: Napoleonic, Naval
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Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles

Bernard Cornwell

2014

NON-FICTION

Cornwell brings the chaos and drama of Waterloo to life in vivid narrative history.

Tags: Napoleonic
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Austerlitz: Napoleon and the Destruction of the Third Coalition

Robert Goetz

2005

NON-FICTION

Detailed military history of Napoleon's greatest victory.

Tags: Napoleonic
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The Campaigns of Napoleon

David Chandler

1966

REFERENCE

The most comprehensive study of Napoleon's military campaigns ever written. An indispensable reference for understanding Napoleonic warfare.

Tags: Napoleonic
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1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow

Adam Zamoyski

2004

NON-FICTION

Zamoyski's devastating account of the Grande Armée's catastrophic Russian campaign, told through the voices of soldiers on both sides.

Tags: Napoleonic
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The Napoleon of Notting Hill
The Napoleon of Notting Hill

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

1904

MILITARY HISTORY

A witty and surreal novel of the future. In a rather dull stuck-in-a-rut future, a prankster chosen randomly to be King of England revives the old ways and inadvertently arouses romantic patriotism...

Tags: Napoleonic
MATCH 05
War and Peace
War and Peace

Лев Толстой

1864

MILITARY HISTORY

War and Peace delineates in graphic detail events surrounding the French invasion of Russia, and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society, as seen through the eyes of five Russian aristocra...

Tags: Napoleonic
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Vom Kriege
Vom Kriege

Carl von Clausewitz

1835

MILITARY HISTORY

*Vom Kriege* is the basic work on the Western way of war. For Clauswitz, war is "politics by other means". It concentrates on defeating the enemy by massing overwhelming force at the enemy's weak poin...

Tags: Napoleonic
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MATCH 09
French Foreign Legion
French Foreign Legion

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1982

WT 2.0/5 2–3P 60MIN RTG 7.3
Same war
MATCH 09
No Retreat!: Polish & French Fronts
No Retreat!: Polish & French Fronts

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2018

WT 3.5/5 180MIN RTG 7.7
Same war
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Trafalgar
Trafalgar

Worthington Games

2017

WT 1.6/5 2–4P 60MIN RTG 6.8

Naval block game of the Battle of Trafalgar.

Tags: Napoleonic, Naval
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Napoleon's Triumph
Napoleon's Triumph

Simmons Games

2007

WT 3.6/5 2–8P 180MIN RTG 8.0

Innovative block wargame recreating Austerlitz with hidden unit information.

Tags: Napoleonic
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Wellington's Victory
Wellington's Victory

SPI

1976

WT 1.2/5 2–2P 20MIN RTG 5.4

Highly detailed tactical simulation of the Battle of Waterloo at battalion level.

Tags: Napoleonic
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Commands & Colors: Napoleonics
Commands & Colors: Napoleonics

GMT Games

2010

WT 2.7/5 2–2P 90MIN RTG 8.0

Light-to-medium wargame using the Commands & Colors system for Napoleonic battles.

Tags: Napoleonic
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Borodino
Borodino

Worthington Games

2012

WT 2.1/5 2–2P 180MIN RTG 6.7

Block game simulating Napoleon's brutal 1812 battle at Borodino.

Tags: Napoleonic
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Ney vs. Wellington
Ney vs. Wellington

OSG

2006

WT 3.6/5 2–2P 180MIN RTG 6.9

Detailed simulation of the Waterloo campaign, including Quatre Bras and Ligny.

Tags: Napoleonic
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Napoleon: The Waterloo Campaign 1815

Avalon Hill

1974

WT 3.2/5 2–2P 360MIN

Classic hex wargame of the three-day Waterloo campaign.

Tags: Napoleonic
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Marengo: Napoleon's Greatest Gamble

OSG

2004

WT 3.4/5 2–2P 300MIN

Detailed simulation of Napoleon's 1800 Italian campaign.

Tags: Napoleonic
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1793: Patriots & Traitors
1793: Patriots & Traitors

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2024

WT 3.2/5 1–5P
Same era
MATCH 02
1807: The Eagles Turn East
1807: The Eagles Turn East

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1994

WT 3.4/5 2–2P

Designed by Kevin Zucker

Same era
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1809: Napoleon's Danube Campaign
1809: Napoleon's Danube Campaign

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1984

WT 3.4/5 2–2P

Designed by Kevin Zucker

Same era
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1812: The Invasion of Canada
1812: The Invasion of Canada

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2012

WT 2.2/5 2–5P

Designed by Beau Beckett, Jeph Stahl

Same era
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1815: The Waterloo Campaign
1815: The Waterloo Campaign

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1975

WT 2.5/5 2–2P

Designed by John Astell, Frank Chadwick

Same era
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1866: The Struggle for Supremacy in Germany
1866: The Struggle for Supremacy in Germany

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2016

WT 3.3/5 2–2P

Designed by John B. Firer

Same era
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1914: Germany at War
1914: Germany at War

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2015

WT 2.5/5 2–3P

Designed by Emanuele Santandrea

Same era
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A Splendid Little War: The 1898 Santiago Campaign
A Splendid Little War: The 1898 Santiago Campaign

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2009

WT 2.3/5 1–2P

Designed by Andy Nunez

Same era
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Arcola: The Battle for Italy, 1796
Arcola: The Battle for Italy, 1796

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1979

WT 2.5/5 2–2P

Designed by Tom Walczyk, Kevin Zucker

Same era
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Arctic Front: Battle for Norway
Arctic Front: Battle for Norway

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1985

WT 3.5/5 2–2P

Designed by John Astell, Frank Chadwick

Same era