Napoleon

Why the future of war belongs to the improvers, not the inventors - opinion

A future large-scale war will not be won with a handful of expensive drones, but those that are flexible enough to adapt and numerous enough to matter.

|ByGABRIEL CUTLER
Servicemen of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fire a BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system towards Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the frontline town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, Ukraine January 24, 2026.
ALMOST FOUR years into the Ukraine-Russia war, Russian President Vladimir Putin has proved the adage that Russia was not as weak as some thought, but not as strong as some assumed. Here, Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government via video link at the Kremlin, in Moscow last month.

Middle Israel: What Putin’s war on Ukraine revealed about Russia, four years later - opinion

Four years into the war, Putin’s attempt to erase Ukraine solidifies its independence and exposes Russia’s decline.

|ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
Napoleon brooch captured at Waterloo leads Sotheby's Geneva auction.

Napoleon brooch captured at Waterloo leads Sotheby's Geneva auction

The circular jewel with a 13.04-carat diamond and nearly 100 stones was given to King Frederick William III of Prussia in 1815 and is surpassing its €130–220k estimate in online bids.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and the Grande Armee flee the pursuing Russian army on the retreat from Moscow during the Napoleonic War of the Sixth Coalition on 20th November 1812 in Russia. An etching after the original work by Adolph Northen.

Mass grave DNA reveals deadly disease that devastated Napoleon's army in 1812

The study revealed that Napoleon's soldiers suffered from several infections, exacerbated by cold, hunger, and exhaustion, which led to the army's defeat by the Russians in 1812.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Was Napoleon murdered? A 200-year-old mystery put to rest

With the 200th anniversary of Napoléon’s death – or assassination – which was marked on May 5, the life and baffling death of the controversial Corsican (1769-1821) is being revisited.

MAY 20, 2021ByGIL ZOHAR
Napoleon Bonaparte

On Napoleon’s bicentenary, remembering his battles in Israel

Emerging from the Enlightenment era, Napoleon shook the Middle East through his military expedition in Egypt and Syria.

MAY 19, 2021BySTEPHANE COHEN
‘SIEGE OF Acre,’ 1799

Napoleon's bicentenary: Stocking, bloodied cloth among items up for auction

The former French emperor died on May 5, 1821, aged 51, on the southern Atlantic Ocean island of Saint Helena.

MAY 3, 2021ByREUTERS
A bronze bust named "The First Consul Bonaparte" according to Louis-Simon Boizot (1743-1809) is displayed at Osenat auction house, before being put on auction for the bicentenary of Napoleon's death, in Fontainebleau, near Paris, France, April 30, 2021

Napoleon was crowned on this day, revolutionizing Jews future in Europe

Thanks to Napoleon, Jews that had been economically and politically marginalized and physically confined in European ghettoes, became free to enter European society.

DECEMBER 2, 2020BySARAH CHEMLA
An 1806 French print depicts Napoleon Bonaparte emancipating the Jews