Early Modern History

The sun rises over the plains, casting a dim light over the smoke-filled horizon. Cannons thunder in the distance, their echoes shaking the ground. Soldiers, bloodied and weary, charge forward into a chaotic clash of steel and fire. The smell of gunpowder hangs heavy in the air, mixing with the cries of the wounded. Above […]

The Battle of Austerlitz, one of the Napoleonic Wars, a series of conflicts that raged across Europe in the early 19th century, were a defining period in the continent’s history. These wars pitted the ambitious French Empire, led by the military genius Napoleon Bonaparte, against various coalitions of European powers intent on curbing his influence.