The Napoleonic Wars: Every Week (1805–1815)

Ten years of war, one frame per week. Twenty-seven field armies, fifty-one battles with their losses, and a map of Europe that changes colour every time a country changes sides – from the march on Ulm in August 1805 to the second Peace of Paris in November 1815. Blue is France and its allies, red the coalitions against it. Each dot is 1,000 men; each × is 1,000 battle casualties, left where they fell. No narration. 0:00 1805 – The Third Coalition 1:17 1806 – Prussia 1:39 1807 – Eylau, Friedland, Tilsit 2:55 1808 – Spain rises 3:58 1809 – Austria again: Aspern and Wagram 4:52 1810–11 – The Peninsular War 7:21 1812 – Russia 8:17 1813 – Germany: Lützen to Leipzig 9:22 1814 – The campaign of France 10:42 1815 – The Hundred Days and Waterloo Army positions are approximate: they follow the monthly campaign records, interpolated week by week. Strengths and losses are rounded. Found an error? Comment the date and the place – corrections go into the next edition. Sources: borders from Cliopatria (Seshat Global History Databank), CC BY 4.0, with corrections · army positions, strengths and battle losses from Chandler (The Campaigns of Napoleon), Esdaile (Napoleon's Wars) and Zamoyski (1812) · relief ETOPO 2022 (NOAA). Music (public domain, performed by the channel): Bach · Chopin · Satie · Schubert · Debussy · Rachmaninoff. #history #map #napoleon