64.6 Battles of the Nile 1798 and Marengo 1800

64.6 Battles of the Nile 1798 and Marengo 1800

Napoleon leads the French into Egypt but is defeated at the Battle of the Nile by the British. Afterwards the Russians and Austrians push back against the French in Italy, but then suffer a reverse at the Battle of Marengo. Marengo turned out arguably to be the most important victory of Napoleon’s career. Had he lost the battle, he would have lost the war and probably the consulship. Instead his narrow win secured his job and won him Italy.


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Picture - Jacques-Louis David - Napoleon Crossing the Alps

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74.19 Treaty of Versailles

74.19 Treaty of Versailles

The Paris Peace consisted of a group of distinct treaties, but the main concern of the delegates was the settlement with Germany, embodied in the Treaty of Versailles signed in June 1919.Germany’s eas...

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74.18 Endgame, 1918

74.18 Endgame, 1918

In Spring 1918 a massive German offensive made significant territorial gains, but ultimately not the intended breakthrough, and the Allied forces stood firm. Exhausted and demoralised at the scale of ...

29 Syys 202321min

74.17 The Final Gamble, 1918

74.17 The Final Gamble, 1918

After the Russian withdrawal from the frontlines following the October revolution, the treaty of Brest-Litovsk is negotiated between Germany and Russia.The Germans sought to conclude war on the Easte...

8 Syys 202320min

74.16 War of Attrition on the Western Front 1917

74.16 War of Attrition on the Western Front 1917

While the nations of Europe fought each other to a bitter stalemate, the President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, urged both sides to make peace. However, no agreement is made and the United St...

28 Heinä 202324min

74.15 The Russian Revolution 1917

74.15 The Russian Revolution 1917

As the year 1917 dawned, Europe had been at war for two and a half years, and pressures on the home fronts were becoming intolerable. Every participant nation came under huge strain.In Russia the Tsar...

14 Heinä 202321min

74.14 Battles of Verdun and The Somme 1916

74.14 Battles of Verdun and The Somme 1916

Europe entered the year 1916 exhausted by one and a half years of conflict of a scale hitherto unimaginable, with profound effects on citizens at home, as well as those on the front line.The most inte...

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74.13 Eastern and Western Fronts 1915

74.13 Eastern and Western Fronts 1915

For the Germans, 1915 was a year that should not have been. Their whole strategy had been based on a quick war, but they now found themselves embroiled in a two-front war – on the eastern front agains...

16 Kesä 202321min

74.12 Turkey and Italy Enter the War, 1915

74.12 Turkey and Italy Enter the War, 1915

The first months of fighting in the First World War had seen no major breakthrough from any side. The Germans had captured about ten percent of France, and reached within sixty miles of Paris, but the...

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