AWorldinArms-Britain'sWarAgainstNapoleon

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  • TheRevolutionof1789transformedFrancefromdecadentmo… TheRevolutionof1789transformedFrancefromdecadentmonarchytomodernstate.Itthrewupthefirstcitizen'sarmyandintroducedtheconceptofTotalWar.UndertheleadershipofNapoleonBonaparte,thegreatestgeneralofhisage,Franceestablishedamightyempire.ItshaughtyambitionsnaturallybroughtitintoconflictwiththeBritishEmpire,andthewarthateruptedasaresultshooktheworld... Itwas,truly,thefirst'worldwar'.Asempiresclashed,fivemillionpeoplediedinfightingthatragedfromRussiatoSpainandfromJavatotheCaribbean.AndwhenitendedwiththeBritishEmpiretriumphantandFrenchambitionscrushed,nothingwouldeverbethesameagain. Thismajorthree-partseriesfromChannel4bringstolifethestoryofthatepicwar,combiningexpertcommentaryandanalysiswithdramaticbattlere-enactmentsandjournalanddiaryentriesfromthosewhofought.ItprovidesvividaccountsofthekeybattlesatTrafalgarandWaterlooaswellasmanylesser-knownengagements,andrevealshowanewkindofwarfareandworldwasborninthemaelstromofconflict.