The Holy Trinity - Waterloo - Battle of Waterloo - Napoleon Bonaparte's Final Defeat

The Holy Trinity - Waterloo - Battle of Waterloo - Napoleon Bonaparte's Final Defeat

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. An Imperial French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon was defeated by combined armies of the Seventh Coalition, an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington combined with a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blucher. It was the culminating battle of the Waterloo Campaign and Napoleon's last. The defeat at Waterloo put an end to Napoleon's rule as Emperor of the French and marked the end of his Hundred Days' return from exile.

Upon Napoleon's return to power in 1815, many states that had opposed him formed the Seventh Coalition and began to mobilise armies. Two large forces under Wellington and von Blucher assembled close to the northeastern border of France. Napoleon chose to attack in the hope of destroying them before they could join in a coordinated invasion of France with other members of the Coalition. The decisive engagement of this three-day Waterloo Campaign (16--19 June 1815) occurred at the Battle of Waterloo. According to Wellington, the battle was "the nearest-run thing you ever saw in your life."

Napoleon delayed giving battle until noon on 18 June to allow the ground to dry. Wellington's army, positioned across the Brussels road on the Mont-Saint-Jean escarpment, withstood repeated attacks by the French, until, in the evening, the Prussians arrived in force and broke through Napoleon's right flank. At that moment, Wellington's Anglo-allied army counter-attacked and drove the French army in disorder from the field. Pursuing Coalition forces entered France and restored Louis XVIII to the French throne. Napoleon abdicated, surrendered to the British, and was exiled to Saint Helena, where he died in 1821...

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[bluesk8erboi]

They should make more movies like this, just one battle, and not filled with all the drama and romance crap, that fills modern movies.

[Musikkingofthecookie]

Picton: The Man who gave us the style of the future.

[CliffordVII]

this was my favorite movie when i was 9 years old xD

[Musikkingofthecookie]

@NobleKorhedron You have now proven how astonishingly well-planned Pictons plan was :D

[supraden]

@NobleKorhedron yes i know my friend :) The french could not always win lol

[NobleKorhedron]

@supraden: Off chasing the Prussians - who quite obviously lost him 'cause they turned up around 5 o'clock and helped win the battle.

[NobleKorhedron]

@sebestyenification: Oh be quiet you disgusting little worm!! I admit to LOATHING the British establishment, it's Govt. and it's policies but do you see me coming out with crap like you write?! NO SIR-EE BOB!!

[NobleKorhedron]

@Musikkingofthecookie: I call bullshit. Sir Thomas did not lose his clothes deliberately. End. Of.

[Musikkingofthecookie]

@NobleKorhedron See, thats where you are wrong. It was a plan well strategized by Picton so he could have an excuse for being dressed in todays style ;D

[NobleKorhedron]

@Musikkingofthecookie: Actually, the baggage train couldn't join with Wellington for some reason and so Picton couldn't retrieve his dress uniform. He wasn't making a fashion statement. #grins

[sebestyenification]

Fuck England and the QEEN in her asssssssssssssssss

[supraden]

MAIS BORDEL WHERE IS GROUCHY ????!!!!