65.2 Napoleon's Conquest of Central Europe, and the Peninsular War
The French invade Prussia and capture its capital Berlin, and then move into Poland and take Warsaw. Napoleon and Tsar Alexander then agreed the Treaties of Tilsit. The greatest resistance to French d...
11 Mars 202227min
65.1 Napoleonic Wars - Intro
Peace could potentially have lasted after the treaties of Lunéville and Amiens of 1801 and 1802 had the great powers accepted each others’ spheres of influence. However, the agreements turned out to b...
4 Mars 202222min
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...
28 Jan 202221min
64.5 French Revolutionary Wars - Napoleon's Conquest of Italy
The French invade Belgium in 1794 and the Netherlands in 1795. The coalition against them starts to fall apart as individual members came to terms. Russia, Prussia and Austria are distracted by their ...
21 Jan 202227min
64.4 French Revolutionary Wars, Battle of Valmy 1792 and the Reign of Terror
A French military victory at Valmy in 1792 and the execution of Louis XVI in January 1793 focused the growing concern across Europe about the radical new regime in Paris. The true revolutionary nature...
14 Jan 202220min
64.3 The French Revolution 1789
The French king from 1774, Louis XVI, was poorly equipped for the role of national leader at a difficult time. His tragedy was that he had good intentions and a strong sense of responsibility. But he ...
7 Jan 202227min
64.2 Russo-Turkish War 1788 and the Reforms of Joseph II
The Origins of the French Revolutionary Wars can be dated to 17th August 1787, when in Constantinople the Ottomans arrested the Russian ambassador Count Bulgakov in the Topkapi palace, and declared wa...
31 Dec 202131min
64.1 French Revolutionary Wars - Intro
In the last years of the 19th century the continent of Europe was turned on its head. France erupted into revolution in the middle of what was already a volatile situation, with various tensions betwe...
24 Dec 202121min
