Battle Of Waterloo: The Day That Napoleon Fell | Napoleon: The Man Who Would Rule Europe | Timeline

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Published 2023-08-03
During his enforced exile on the island of Elba he busied himself building forts and bridges and winning the support of the local population and making plans for a return to France. But there was to be no glorious ending to the tale - it ended in spectacular and bloody failure in June 1815, on the famous field of Waterloo.

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All Comments (21)
  • @huntergray3985
    Bonaparte was such a kind-hearted fellow and he really cared for his soldiers. When asked how he would cope with losing hundreds of thousands of his soldiers in Russia he merely said that the mothers of France will willingly give me another army.
  • @BeppyTurnip
    "Waterloo, I was defeated, you won the war."
  • @xNevikKx
    'I have fought sixty battles, and I assure you, that I have learned nothing from all of them that I did not know in the first.'
  • @geoffroydegodefroy2374
    Thank you for focusing so much on the period. If anyone's interested in Napoleonic warfare (and warfare in general) I warmly recommend Schwerpunkt's videos series
  • @RubyMarkLindMilly
    His life was simply epic an incredible rise and a dramatic fall so near and yet so far a military genius no doubt a colossus of history
  • @bcsguide123
    It’s very helpful for learning about history.
  • @ezzieeddie5439
    He was a bounder that figured out that War is the key to getting Power and keeping it.
  • @smartbomb7202
    Marie Louse was more ruthless in her treatment of Napoleon after 1814 than any enemy he faced
  • @esr243
    Excellent original and balanced points of views — I have read and watched dozens, none of better quality than this episode
  • @mattychristian
    He found the crown of France in the gutter, and he picked it up.
  • @Kriegsgefangener31
    Astonishingly, the fact that the French Imperial Guard broke and ran after enormous volleys of from infantry under the command of Maitland is completely ignored. Only when that happened was the 'general pursuit' command issued by Wellington.
  • @StephenLuke
    RIP To the 25,000 Imperial French soldiers, 15,000 Wellington’s army soldiers, 1,144–1,200 Blücher's army soldiers, and 7,000 horses who were killed in the Battle of Waterloo
  • @jomc7425
    I wonder what J. David Markham would suggest that the British should have done with Napoleon. He had already shown that, if he was exiled somewhere closer to France, he would have tried to escape and return. He would never have been content.
  • @nutrino75
    Lets never forget the people who died and were killed under his command.