When Napoleon’s once invincible army limped out of Russia in winter 1812, frostbite and hunger were merely half the story.

In the winter of 1812, Napoleon’s Grande Armée met its most devastating enemy—not the Russian army, but biology itself. As ...

In 1812, Napoleon's Grande Armée marched into Russia with more than 600,000 soldiers, only to be decimated not just by battle ...

However, recent microbial analysis conducted on the remains of Grand Army soldiers indicates at least two other pathogens ...

DNA from Napoleonic soldiers’ teeth uncovered two fever-causing bacteria that may have worsened the army’s fatal retreat from Russia.

A mass grave holding soldiers from Napoleon Bonaparte's French army reveals some of the diseases that killed the Grande Armée ...

From the height of the Cold War to dramatic police raids, this decommissioned military base has seen it all — and now it can ...

Ancient DNA from Napoleon’s soldiers reveals enteric and relapsing fevers - not typhus - as key killers during the army’s ...

A 2006 study involving DNA from 35 other soldiers from the same cemetery detected the pathogens behind typhus and trench ...

Ukraine’s army retreated from a neighborhood in Chasiv Yar, a strategically important town in the eastern Donetsk region. Chasiv Yar is located near Bakhmut, which Russia captured last year, and its ...

PARMA, Italy — Couples from U.S. Army Garrison Italy recently gathered for a weekend retreat focused on strengthening relationships and building resilient families. Hosted by Army chaplains, the event ...

Observers warn that the army’s retreat from el-Fasher marks a significant turning point in Sudan’s 18-month-long war. The ...