Heavy cavalry served Napoleon well throughout his reign. He inherited a single regiment of cuirassiers in 1799, and expanded the corps to twelve regiments by 1804. Napoleon first committed his ...

Raising an Army The army that Napoleon inherited was far from ready for a major European war. Since his abdication a year before, it had been reduced to under 200,000 men. The much-vaunted Imperial ...

The poster features Joaquin Phoenix, front and center, as the historical Napoleon Bonaparte, leading a cavalry charge in the middle of an enormous battlefield.