Battle of Waterloo
Introduction
In the early 1800’s there were a number of wars against the French while under Napoleon Bonaparte I. Napoleon I was born in 1769 and grew up in French military schools. He soon grew to become quite the idol for the French, and eventually the Emperor of the French. Napoleon engaged in a number of wars against several territories in effort to grow the French empire. He did so both on land as well as with harsh treaties. With his successful defeats Napoleon was able to rule over the Continental Europe. The wars that Napoleon engaged in were known as the Napoleonic wars. Most of which he won. During the wars Napoleon won five out of the seven the coalitions, he was able to do so by manipulating his opponents into …show more content…
There were other names for the battle before it became the battle of waterloo. “… but it nearly wasn’t called Waterloo. The Prussian Commander, Gebhard von Blucher, wanted to call it: the Battle of La Belle Alliance. Geographically it should have been “The Battle of Mont Saint Jean”, but Wellington cannily named it “waterloo” after a town two kilometers away from the site.” (Kenny, 2015) The battle was between Napoleon and Duke of Wellington allied with Gebhard von Blucher. Wellington was an Irish-man that rid or many obstacles for men who wanted to be part of his army which included the element of being Roman Catholic. Gebhard Von Blucher was a Prussian, of age 72, whom his men looked up to. He and Duke of Wellington, shared one significant commonality, and that was the despise they had for Napoleon. With that they joined forces in effort to overthrow Napoleon, and his renewed army, being that Napoleon was returning from recent exile. Napoleon was confined in effort to bring about peace to Europe, in 1814, but he was able to escape and return to France one year late (Wilson, 2015). With Napoleon’s escape, it gave reason for Duke of Wellington to prepare his troops for …show more content…
The battle of Waterloo, had extremely high casualty rates, as it is believed that there were approximately 129,000 men noted to be killed, missing or wounded, as much of 70,000 of these were believed to be followers of Napoleon (Morewood, 2015). During the battle, there were so many casualties that men were not able to walk on the ground due to walking over the bodies. The battle lasted 12 hours, during severe thunderstorm, leaving a lot of casualties. To this day it is still being debated whether or not Napoleon was indeed defeated. One of the most famous description of the battle of Waterloo, was given by The Duke of Wellington. “The Duke of Wellington famously described his first and last battlefield confrontation with Napoleon as the “the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life.” (Warren, 2015) The Battle of Waterloo, is marked as one of the most significant battles of Europe at this
Introduction
In the early 1800’s there were a number of wars against the French while under Napoleon Bonaparte I. Napoleon I was born in 1769 and grew up in French military schools. He soon grew to become quite the idol for the French, and eventually the Emperor of the French. Napoleon engaged in a number of wars against several territories in effort to grow the French empire. He did so both on land as well as with harsh treaties. With his successful defeats Napoleon was able to rule over the Continental Europe. The wars that Napoleon engaged in were known as the Napoleonic wars. Most of which he won. During the wars Napoleon won five out of the seven the coalitions, he was able to do so by manipulating his opponents into …show more content…
There were other names for the battle before it became the battle of waterloo. “… but it nearly wasn’t called Waterloo. The Prussian Commander, Gebhard von Blucher, wanted to call it: the Battle of La Belle Alliance. Geographically it should have been “The Battle of Mont Saint Jean”, but Wellington cannily named it “waterloo” after a town two kilometers away from the site.” (Kenny, 2015) The battle was between Napoleon and Duke of Wellington allied with Gebhard von Blucher. Wellington was an Irish-man that rid or many obstacles for men who wanted to be part of his army which included the element of being Roman Catholic. Gebhard Von Blucher was a Prussian, of age 72, whom his men looked up to. He and Duke of Wellington, shared one significant commonality, and that was the despise they had for Napoleon. With that they joined forces in effort to overthrow Napoleon, and his renewed army, being that Napoleon was returning from recent exile. Napoleon was confined in effort to bring about peace to Europe, in 1814, but he was able to escape and return to France one year late (Wilson, 2015). With Napoleon’s escape, it gave reason for Duke of Wellington to prepare his troops for …show more content…
The battle of Waterloo, had extremely high casualty rates, as it is believed that there were approximately 129,000 men noted to be killed, missing or wounded, as much of 70,000 of these were believed to be followers of Napoleon (Morewood, 2015). During the battle, there were so many casualties that men were not able to walk on the ground due to walking over the bodies. The battle lasted 12 hours, during severe thunderstorm, leaving a lot of casualties. To this day it is still being debated whether or not Napoleon was indeed defeated. One of the most famous description of the battle of Waterloo, was given by The Duke of Wellington. “The Duke of Wellington famously described his first and last battlefield confrontation with Napoleon as the “the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life.” (Warren, 2015) The Battle of Waterloo, is marked as one of the most significant battles of Europe at this