Napoleon launched a war against Spain, sparking a savage conflict that lasted nearly six years, cost half a million lives, ...

In regions like northern Poland, centuries of conflict are buried just below the surface. From the Napoleonic Wars in the ...

Polish Lancers - played by re-enactors here - fought as part of Napoleon's army at Leipzig in October 1813. Image caption, Enthusiasts from an estimated 28 nations are involved in the re-enactment.

Stephanie C. Karpinski, 92, a pilot in the Polish army during World War II at a time when female pilots were rare in the military anywhere, died Feb. 11 at the Polish Retirement Home in Los Angeles.