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NAPOLEONIC WARS

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PERIOD: 1803-1815 REGION: Europe, Atlantic

Series of major conflicts from 1803-1815 involving Napoleon's French Empire against various European coalitions.

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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.

Part of this warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, Infantry, 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.

Part of this warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, Leadership, 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.

Part of this warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, Leadership, 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.

Part of this warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, Infantry, Napoleonic
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Sharpe's Rifles

Bernard Cornwell

1988

FICTION

First in Cornwell's beloved series following Richard Sharpe through the Peninsular War — vivid, historically grounded Napoleonic military fiction.

Part of this warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, Infantry, Napoleonic
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Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles

Bernard Cornwell

2014

NON-FICTION

Cornwell's narrative account of Waterloo — the 100 Hours campaign from Ligny and Quatre Bras to the final clash at Waterloo — drawing on eyewitness accounts from soldiers on all sides.

Part of this warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, Infantry, Napoleonic
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Austerlitz: The Story of a Battle

Henry Houssaye

1896

NON-FICTION

The classic French account of Napoleon's greatest victory, still considered one of the finest battle histories ever written for its operational clarity and narrative power.

Part of this warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, Leadership, Napoleonic
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Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Gamble
Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Gamble

Andrew Roberts

2010

NON-FICTION

Part of the ‘Making History Series’ – Waterloo is an exciting retelling of one of the moments that shook the world – Waterloo, one of the truly decisive battles of history.

Part of this warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, Infantry, Napoleonic
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Waterloo
Waterloo

Andrew Roberts

2005

NON-FICTION

The author of "Napoleon & Wellington" takes a brilliant look at the conflict that ended Napoleon's reign and ushered in the modern world, with new evidence of just how the battle was lost.

Part of this warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, Infantry, 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...

Part of this warTags: Europe, Mediterranean, Napoleonic, Naval
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Waterloo 1815
Waterloo 1815

Geoffrey Wooten

2000

NON-FICTION

Waterloo holds a special place among the great battles of history. It was a close-run affair, matching two of the world's greatest generals - Napoleon and Wellington. This volume covers the entire cam...

Part of this warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, Infantry, Napoleonic
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Waterloo, the Hundred Days
Waterloo, the Hundred Days

David G. Chandler

1997

NON-FICTION
Part of this warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, Infantry, Napoleonic
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Austerlitz 1805

Ian Castle

2002

NON-FICTION
Part of this warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, Leadership, Napoleonic
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Waterloo 1815: Wavre to Plancenoit
Waterloo 1815: Wavre to Plancenoit

Peter Hofschröer

2006

NON-FICTION

The acclaimed historian sheds new light on the Battle of Waterloo and the defeat of Napoleon with a focus on the Prussian Army's critical contribution. Histories of the Waterloo campaign that brought ...

Part of this warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, Infantry, Napoleonic
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Waterloo, 1815
Waterloo, 1815

Geoffrey Wootten

1992

NON-FICTION

The Battles of Quatre Bras and Ligny are often overshadowed by the Battle of Waterloo that took place two days later. Yet the events of 16 June 1815 were crucial, as Napoleon missed his chance of achi...

Part of this warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, Infantry, Napoleonic
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The Waterloo Campaign, 1815
The Waterloo Campaign, 1815

William Siborne

2022

NON-FICTION

William Siborne's "The Waterloo Campaign, 1815" meticulously chronicles the pivotal events leading up to the Battle of Waterloo, offering a comprehensive analysis of military strategies, troop movemen...

Part of this warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, Infantry, Napoleonic
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Battle of Waterloo
Battle of Waterloo

Hourly History

2016

NON-FICTION

The Battle of Waterloo has become synonymous with the word “defeat” but who lost, and why was it important? In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte left the island of Elba, and in a space of 100 days took power, ...

Part of this warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, Infantry, Napoleonic
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Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815, Volume 1
Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815, Volume 1

John Hussey

2017

NON-FICTION

This, the fourth volume in Andrew Field's highly praised study of the Waterloo campaign from the French perspective, depicts in vivid detail the often neglected final phase the rout and retreat of Nap...

Part of this warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, Infantry, Napoleonic
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Waterloo 1815: Battle Story
Waterloo 1815: Battle Story

Gregory Fremont-Barnes

2012

NON-FICTION

One of the most decisive battles in military history, Waterloo saw the culmination of a generation of war to bring a definitive end to French hegemony and imperial ambitions in Europe. Both sides foug...

Part of this warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, Infantry, Napoleonic
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Waterloo: the downfall of the first Napoleon: a history of the campaign of 1815
Waterloo: the downfall of the first Napoleon: a history of the campaign of 1815

George Hooper

1862

NON-FICTION
Part of this warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, Infantry, Napoleonic
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1815, Waterloo
1815, Waterloo

Henry Houssaye

2010

NON-FICTION

A great conflict-a classic account A battle as momentous as Waterloo could do nothing other than attract the repeated attention of historians of all nationalities for decades after the last smoke had ...

Part of this warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, Infantry, Napoleonic
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Napoleon and Waterloo
Napoleon and Waterloo

Archibald Frank Becke

1914

NON-FICTION
Part of this warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, Infantry, Napoleonic
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A Military History of the Western World: From the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588, to the Battle of Waterloo, 1815
A Military History of the Western World: From the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588, to the Battle of Waterloo, 1815

John Frederick Charles Fuller

1954

NON-FICTION
Part of this warTags: Europe, Infantry, Napoleonic
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Tartaria - Napoleon did not exist
Tartaria - Napoleon did not exist

David Ewing Jr

2023

NON-FICTION

One of the most important people in world history is a man named Napoleon Bonaparte. We are told that this man changed the world. But... Did Napoleon Bonaparte really exist? Many researchers have foun...

Part of this warTags: Europe, Infantry, Napoleonic
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A Military History of the Western World
A Military History of the Western World

John Frederick Charles Fuller

1955

NON-FICTION
Part of this warTags: Europe, Infantry, Napoleonic
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A Military History of the Western World: From the defeat of the Spanish Armada to the Battle of Waterloo
A Military History of the Western World: From the defeat of the Spanish Armada to the Battle of Waterloo

John Frederick Charles Fuller

1987

NON-FICTION
Part of this warTags: Europe, Infantry, Napoleonic
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Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars

Frederick C. Schneid

2012

NON-FICTION

The essential bibliography of the Napoleonic Wars

Part of this warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, Napoleonic
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The Battle of Leipzig
The Battle of Leipzig

Charles River Editors

2017

NON-FICTION

*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Though Napoleon Bonaparte's unquenchable thirst for military adventurism eventually cost him both his thro...

Part of this warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, Napoleonic
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The Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Early American Republic, 1783–1812
The Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Early American Republic, 1783–1812

Spencer C. Tucker

2014

NON-FICTION

Relatively little attention has been paid to American military history between 1783 and 1812—arguably the most formative years of the United States. This encyclopedia fills the void in existing litera...

Part of this warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, Napoleonic
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A Global History of Warfare and Technology
A Global History of Warfare and Technology

Kaushik Roy

2022

NON-FICTION

This book addresses the global history of technology, warfare and state formation from the Stone Age to the Information Age. Using a combination of top-down and bottom-up methodologies, it examines bo...

Part of this warTags: Combined Arms, Europe, Napoleonic