He was defeated by the Duke of Wellington, But Wellington would have lost had the Prussians under Gebhard von Blucher not joined the battle, Napoleon needed to keep the 2 opponents apart and defeat them separately.
The armies of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Basically there were 2 armies, the Prussians under Blucher and the main allied army under Wellington. Each army was to be mutually supportable which is what happened at Waterloo, although the objective of Napoleon was to keep both armies apart and destroy each one separately.
Napoleon was finally defeated at Waterloo in 1815. It was not the first battle he had lost, that was Aspern-Essling in 1809. He was also defeated at the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig in 1813 and in the France Campaign of 1814. Borodino, in Russia in 1812 was a bloodbath, and might best be described as a draw, as was Wagram in 1809. As a result of the defeat by the Austrian & Prussian Armies in 1814 Napoleon was exiled to the Island in the Mediterranean. After Waterloo when Bluchers Prussians come to the aid of Wellingtons' British & Dutch/Belgians (Many of the Dutch/Belgians had previously fought for Napoleon !) Napoleon boarded HMS Bellerephon & was Exiled to St Helena, many miles from anywhere in the Atlantic Ocean. Napoleon died there in 1821. And apart from all that he still remains as one of the greatest Generals in History. Vive L'Empereur !
Battle of WaterlooDate 18 June 1815Location Waterloo, present-day Belgium south of BrusselsResult Decisive Coalition victoryIn the Battle of Waterloo (Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo, Belgium) forces of the French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte and Michel Ney were defeated by those of the Seventh Coalition, including a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blücher and an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington. It was the decisive battle of the Waterloo Campaign and Bonaparte's last. The defeat at Waterloo put an end to Napoleon's rule as the French emperor, and marked the end of Napoleon's Hundred Days of return from exile.Upon Napoleon's return to power in 1815, many states that had opposed him formed the Seventh Coalition and began to mobilise armies. Two large forces under Wellington and von Blücher assembled close to the northeastern border of France. Napoleon chose to attack in the hope of destroying them before they could join in a coordinated invasion of France with other members of the Coalition. The decisive engagement of this three-day Waterloo Campaign (16 June - 19 June 1815) occurred at the Battle of Waterloo. According to Wellington, the battle was "the nearest-run thing you ever saw in your life.
The allied armies were concentrating in Belgium preparatory to an invasion of France, when Napoleon attacked. Anyway, look at the history of Europe, Practically all the wars were fought in Belgium.
False.
False, the Allied Armys were lead by Wellington and Blucher.
The Battle of Waterloo.
The Seventh Coalition spearheaded by Wellington of the UK and Blucher of Prussia.
The Battle of Waterloo, fought on June,18,1815
Naopleon was defeated in Rusia in 1812. He was heavily defeated at Leipzig in 1813 by a mass of enemies. Finally he was defeated by combined British/Dutch/Belgian & Prussian armies at Waterloo in 1815.
The answer is simple: the battled took place in Waterloo, Belgium.
The Battle of Waterloo, fought on June,18,1815
The armies of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Britain, Prussia, Holland, New Brunswick, and Nassau combined to beat Napoleon.
True.
Basically there were 2 armies, the Prussians under Blucher and the main allied army under Wellington. Each army was to be mutually supportable which is what happened at Waterloo, although the objective of Napoleon was to keep both armies apart and destroy each one separately.