Napoleon and the Wars of the First and Second Coalitions

Overview of the first two coalitions against France and Napoleon's roles in them.

Course Lectures

• French Revolution (Part 1)

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  Part 1 of the French Revolution. From the Convocation of the Estates General to the storming of the Bastille.

• French Revolution (Part 2)

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  Royals try to escape. Champ De Mars Massacre. Declaration of Pillnitz. Movement towards becoming a Republic.

• French Revolution (Part 3) - Reign of Terror

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  The Reign of Terror.

• French Revolution (Part 4) - The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte

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  The rise of Napoleon Bonaparte.

• Haitian Revolution (Part 1)

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  Slaves rebel in Saint-Domingue (Haiti). Rise of Toussaint L'Ouverture.

• Haitian Revolution (Part 2)

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  Dessalines takes on Leclerc and Rochambeau.

• Napoleon and the Wars of the First and Second Coalitions

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  Overview of the first two coalitions against France and Napoleon's roles in them.

• Napoleon and the War of the Third Coalition

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  Napoleon leads France to become the dominant power in Europe. Napoleon I becomes Emperor of France.

• Napoleon and the War of the Fourth Coalition

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  Napoleon takes on Prussia and Russia and wins again.

• Napoleon's Peninsular

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  French forces get embroiled in the Iberian Peninsula.

• French Invasion of Russia

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  Napoleon's disastrous invasion of Russia.

• Napoleon Forced to Abdicate

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  The Sixth Coalition forces Napoleon into exile on Elba.