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The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium), marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars. A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by two armies of the Seventh Coalition. One of these was a British … See more
On 13 March 1815, six days before Napoleon reached Paris, the powers at the Congress of Vienna declared him an outlaw. Four days later, the United Kingdom See more
The Waterloo position chosen by Wellington was a strong one. It consisted of a long ridge running east–west, perpendicular to, … See more
Preparation
Wellington rose at around 02:00 or 03:00 on 18 June, and wrote letters until dawn. He had earlier written to Blücher confirming that he would give battle at Mont-Saint-Jean if Blücher could provide him with at least … See moreThree armies participated in the battle: Napoleon's Armée du Nord, a multinational army under Wellington, and a Prussian army under … See more
Waterloo cost Wellington around 17,000 dead or wounded, and Blücher some 7,000 (810 of which were suffered by just one unit: the 18th … See more
Historical importance
Waterloo proved a decisive battle in more than one sense. Each generation in Europe up to the outbreak of the First World War looked … See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license WEBMay 14, 2024 · The Battle of Waterloo was a conflict on June 18, 1815, during the Hundred Days, the period from Napoleon’s escape from exile …
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Powered by Microsoft Start- WaterlooData fromBritannicaEducators' Preferred SourceBased on a survey of educators' ranking of sources.Battle of Waterloo (June 18, 1815), Napoleon’s final defeat at the hands of the Duke of Wellington’s combined allied army and a Prussian army under Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher. The battle, fought south of Waterloo, Belgium, ended...see more
WEBLearn about the decisive battle of 1815 that ended Napoleon's imperial power and the Napoleonic Wars. Explore the background, the plan, the course and the outcome of the conflict, and see objects from the battle.