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DNA reveals diseases that devastated Napoleon's doomed army

DNA reveals the diseases that devastated Napoleon's doomed army

Researchers say they have identified two diseases that helped devastate the emperor’s vaunted Grande Armée after analyzing DNA from the teeth of soldiers who died during the retreat from Moscow.

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What killed Napoleon's army? Scientists find clues in DNA from fallen soldiers' teeth

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

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Ancient DNA Reveals New Diseases behind Napoleon’s 1812 Russian Retreat

In 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Russia with one of the largest armies in history—the “Grande Armée” of about half a million men.

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Dead soldiers’ teeth reveal diseases that doomed Napoleon’s army

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How Napoleon’s army met its doom: DNA reveals surprise illnesses had a role

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Napoleon’s Defeat in Russia Was Aided by Two Surprising Deadly Diseases

Historical accounts, early DNA studies and remains of body lice found on the soldiers support the idea that typhus and trench fever contributed to the fall of the army.

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Napoleon’s retreating army may have been plagued by these microbes

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DNA analysis reveals likely pathogens that killed Napoleon’s army

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Napoleon’s doomed retreat: New study uncovers the diseases that finished what Russia began

New DNA evidence from a mass grave in Lithuania reveals Napoleon's retreating Grand Armée was decimated by paratyphoid and relapsing fevers in 1812.

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The bug that defeated Napoleon's army in Russia isn't what we thought

One of the first events to signal the collapse of Napoleon's reign was his crushing defeat after an invasion of Russia in 1812. Researchers have long thought that the disease typhus played a role, but modern DNA analysis paints a different picture.