Napoleon Bonaparte took part in seven major coalition conflicts during the era known as the Napoleonic Wars, which lasted from 1803 to 1815. These wars pitted France against shifting alliances of European powers determined to curb his influence.
When counting individual engagements instead of entire wars, historians generally estimate that Napoleon personally commanded around sixty battles. He won roughly forty-three to forty-eight of them, depending on how smaller clashes are categorized, giving him an overall battlefield success rate of about 70–80 percent.
His early and middle campaigns produced some of his most famous triumphs, including victories at Battle of Austerlitz, Battle of Jena–Auerstedt, and Battle of Wagram. In contrast, the later phase of his rule brought major setbacks, most notably the disastrous French invasion of Russia and his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, which brought his reign to an end.