Faced with a renewed Austrian offensive in Northern Italy at the French frontier, Napoleon made the decision to cross the Alps to help retake what was lost in 1799. In one of history's most famous mountain crossings, Napoleon would bring his Army of the Reserve to teeth of the Austrians at Marengo.

After the Brumaire Coup, Napoleon embarked on his quest to consolidate his place as head of the newly founded French Consulate. Join us as we go through some of the reforms that the young Bonaparte implemented in securing his place as the quintessential Enlightened Despot.

The climatic moment that ended the 18th Century: after four years at the helm, the French Directory comes crashing down at the hands of a small group of conspirators in one history's most famous coups: the Coup of 18 Brumaire.

As the failed Siege of Acre prevents Napoleon's Alexandrian dreams, he begins the long trek back to Cairo with the chaos in France setting the stage for one of history's momentous events.

In the turning point of Napoleon's quest to conquer the Middle East, fierce Ottoman resistance (with some help from the British) proved that Napoleon was not the invincible general he thought himself to be

As Napoleon dealt with the loss of his fleet at the Battle of the Nile and rising Egyptian resistance, he looked to find new purpose for his mission in Egypt as he shifted his expedition eastward with a looming Ottoman threat just over the horizon.

In one of the most decisive naval engagements in the history of warfare, the British Royal Navy hand the French Republic one of their most crushing losses. Join us this week as we break down a battle for the ages.

Happy Holidays! This week, we're taking a break from Napoleon and diving into the man that mastered the oceans and prevented Napoleon from ever gaining naval supremacy: Britain's great military hero--Horatio Nelson

From Malta to Alexandria, Napoleon entered Egypt with a mission to expel seven centuries of Ottoman rule and dent British influence in the Middle East.

After returning to Paris a hero following the Italian Campaign, Napoleon and the Directory began to turn their attention across the Channel as they could not shake off her long time ulcer, the British Empire