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The Battle of Waterloo took place in June 1815. It marked the end of [[The Hundred Days]], [[Napoleon]]'s attempt at regaining power after his initial defeat the previous year.
The Battle of Waterloo took place on June 18th 1815 in Belgium. It marked the beginning of the end of [[The Hundred Days]], [[Napoleon]]'s attempt at regaining power after his initial defeat the previous year.
Once the United Kingdom's 67,000-strong army under the Duke of Wellington had forced a precarious stalemate against Napoleon's 73,000, von Blucher's Prussian forces arrived and were able to achieve decisive numerical superiority, forcing Napoleon out.
Once the United Kingdom's 67,000-strong army under the Duke of Wellington had forced a precarious stalemate against Napoleon's 73,000, von Blucher's Prussian forces arrived and were able to achieve decisive numerical superiority, forcing Napoleon out.
The battle marked the end of [[Napoleon]]'s reign and his exile to the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic.
The battle marked the end of [[Napoleon]]'s reign and his exile to the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic.
==Preliminary==
Napoleon return from Elba marking the beginning of the 100 days (in fact the campaign was not concluded until the fall of the last fortress in September of 1815) and on March 18th 1815 was declared outlaw by the Congress of Vienna. This marked the mobilization of the Seventh Coalition armies. The British formed an army consisting of British, Nassau, Dutch, and Belgium, troops to form an army. The Prussians created two armies, one under Prince Blucher and another under General Kliest with Prussian, and North German allied states. Russia assembled an army of 250,000 men under Prince Barcley de Tolly and the Austrians provided two additional armies under General Schwarzenburg and Archduke Charles. The King of Spain assembled an army placing it under English officers and began moving to the frontier.
==sources==
Chesny, Charles A: Waterloo Lectures:A Study Of The Campaign Of 1815 ISBN 1428649883
Hofschröer, Peter: ''1815, The Waterloo Campaign: The German Victory'';Greenhill Books (London); ISBN 1-85367-368-4
[[Image:waterloo.jpg|The Battle of Waterloo]]
[[Image:waterloo.jpg|The Battle of Waterloo]]
[[Category:wars]]
[[Category:wars]]