The battlefield he chose was near the village of Austerlitz, where the countryside was dominated by a gently sloping hill, the Pratzen Heights. "If I wanted to [stop] the enemy," Napoleon said ...

Napoleon's brilliant 1805 campaign culminates in victory at Austerlitz. #EpicHistoryTV #NapoleonicWars #Napoleon ...

Marshal Murat leads forward the cavalry at Austerlitz in 1805, pushing back the allied centre and helping to secure one of Napoleon's most famous victories #epichistorytv #napoleonicwars #shorts ...

To restore his reputation of invincibility, a “thunder clap” like that of Austerlitz was necessary. At Wagram a month later, Napoleon got his thunderclap, as he defeated the Austrian coalition.

As 1805 began, Napoleon was planning to cross the English Channel and invade Great Britain with 2000 ships and 200,000 soldiers. The French and British were at war once again: irreconcilable ...