Titans of History: Napoleon Bonaparte

Titans of History: Napoleon Bonaparte

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Episode Twelve: Relieving Mantua--Part II Victory

The Austrians launch two final attempts to relieve Mantua from the French, as Napoleon eyes their final capitulation and a shot at earning France's glory.

Episode Eleven: Relieving Mantua--Part One

As Napoleon launched his assault on the critical fortress city, the Austrians attempt two major relief efforts to keep a foothold in Italy and drive the French back from whence they came.

Episode Ten: At the Walls of Mantua

Now focusing his attention to the Austrians, Napoleon begins his push to total victory in Italy, while preparing for the longest protracted struggle of his military career to date.

Episode Nine: Piedmont-Sardinia

As Napoleon begins his first campaign into Italy, he splits the Coalitions forces in two, showing his enemies the new battle tactics he has in store to take the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia out of the war and put Austria on the run.

Episode Eight: Joséphine

France, l’armée, tête d’armée, Joséphine. France, the army, the head of the army, Joséphine. --Napoleon's last words, 1821

Episode Seven: 13 Vendémiaire

Toulon put Napoleon on the map. Vendémiaire put Napoleon on the path to immortality.

Episode Six: The Forgotten Years

Not as celebrated as what's to come, the transition from Thermidor to the Directory proved critical to helping forge who Napoleon would become in his later military conquests. We also dive into his social life and peel back the mask to see not a legend, but a young man.

Episode Five: Toulon

In the words of the famous general himself, “It was in Toulon where my reputation began.”--Napoleon Bonaparte

Episode Four: A Soldier's Reckoning

Join us this week as Napoleon navigates the perilous geopolitical landscape in Revolutionary France, coming face to face with the three-way struggle between his Corsican countrymen, his French military career, and his personal ambitions. Enjoy!

Episode Three: The Face of Death

We dive into the second half of the first half of the French Revolution, as we set the stage for Napoleon Bonaparte to become, well, Napoleon.

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