Battle Of Waterloo England
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The battle of waterloo was one of the most important in the history of the modern world and was the catalyst for the unsustainable financial situation we have before us today because it was the turning point for the rothschild family and catapulted their fortunes into the stratosphere.
Battle of waterloo england. Fought near waterloo village belgium it pitted napoleon s 72 000 french troops against the duke of wellington s army of 68 000 british dutch belgian and german soldiers aided by 45 000 prussians under gebhard leberecht von blücher. Waterloo finishes any hopes of france s rivaling britain as the dominant power in the world. That fight goes all the way back to the seven years war. That is what they were actually fighting over.
A french army under the command of napoleon bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the seventh coalition. The prussians lost 7 000 men killed and wounded. The casualties in the french army are estimated at 25 000 dead and wounded 8 000 prisoners and 220 guns lost. The battle of waterloo.
The battle of waterloo was fought on sunday 18 june 1815 near waterloo in belgium part of the united kingdom of the netherlands at the time. The battle of waterloo was a conflict on june 18 1815 during the hundred days the period from napoleon s escape from exile to the return of louis xviii. The british belgians dutch and germans lost 15 000 casualties or 1 in 4 engaged. In spite of its moniker the battle was waged three miles south of the town of waterloo in the villages of braine l alleud and plancenoit along the mont saint jean ridge.