https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The skeletons of 200 Napoleonic soldiers have been found during construction work in the German city of Frankfurt, officials said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150918/bodies-of-200-napoleon-troops-found-in-germany-history-frankfurt Fri, 18 Sep 2015 10:39:09 +0200 bodies-of-200-napoleon-troops-found-in-germany-history-frankfurt On June 18th, 1815, 400 Hanoverian soldiers were the only thing standing between defeat and victory for the alliance against Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. https://www.thelocal.de/20150618/waterloo-britains-great-victory-decided-by-germans Thu, 18 Jun 2015 12:13:54 +0200 waterloo-britains-great-victory-decided-by-germans On March 9th 1848, the Federal Convention in Frankfurt made black, red and gold the German national colours. Like their French predecessors of 1789, the Germans now had a tricolour to symbolise nation and revolution. https://www.thelocal.de/20150312/schwarz-rot-gold-a-nations-history-in-colour Thu, 12 Mar 2015 13:03:43 +0100 schwarz-rot-gold-a-nations-history-in-colour Thousands of history buffs in 19th-century costumes took to a battlefield outside Leipzig, Germany, on Sunday to re-enact the bloody Battle of the Nations on the 200th anniversary of Napoleon's decisive loss. https://www.thelocal.de/20131020/52485 Sun, 20 Oct 2013 18:25:00 +0200 52485 Thousands of war-gamers will re-enact one of Europe's most important battles outside Leipzig on Sunday, 200 years after French emperor Napoleon suffered a critical defeat there. https://www.thelocal.de/20131017/52437 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:25:00 +0200 52437 Thousands of spectators are expected at the battlefields south of Leipzig over the weekend to watch around 800 history buffs re-enact the Battle of the Nations, which proved decisive in Napoleon’s eventual defeat. https://www.thelocal.de/20091017/22633 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:47:00 +0200 22633