DNA reveals the diseases that devastated Napoleon's doomed army

Researchers who analyzed DNA from the teeth of soldiers who died during the retreat from Moscow say they have identified two ...
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New DNA Evidence Reveals What Really Killed Napoleon’s Grand Army in 1812

When Napoleon Bonaparte led his Grand Army into Russia in 1812, he commanded the largest military force Europe had ever seen ...

DNA from Napoleon’s ill-fated 1812 army reveals what likely led to the soldiers’ demise

Near the end of his reign, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led an army of over half a million men in an invasion of Russia ...