✦ History

Battle of Waterloo

June 18, 1815

Defeat of Napoleon by a British-led allied army under Wellington and a Prussian army under Blücher near Brussels. It ended his return from exile and the Napoleonic Wars.

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Battles 1

March 20 – July 8, 1815
Hundred Days Paris Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Napoleon, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Key commanders

Coalition 2

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Field Marshal, Commanded the allied army Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher Field Marshal, Commanded the Prussian army

French Empire and allies 2

Napoleon Emperor of the French, Commanded the French army Michel Ney Marshal, Led the French cavalry charges

Seventh Coalition 2

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Coalition commander at Waterloo Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher Prussian commander

French Empire 2

Napoleon Emperor of the French Louis XVIII King of France, fled to Ghent