Waterloo, 18 June 1815: The Last Campaign Also known as: Waterloo
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Related to Napoleon 80% French commander
French commander in “Waterloo, 18 June 1815: The Last Campaign”. Napoleon Bonaparte, later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was Emperor of the French from 18 May 1804 until his first abdication in 1814, with a brief restoration during the Hundred Days in 1815.
Related to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington 80% Allied commander
Allied commander in “Waterloo, 18 June 1815: The Last Campaign”. Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was a British Army officer and statesman. A leading figure in early-19th-century British politics, Wellesley served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces.
Related to Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher 80% Prussian commander
Prussian commander in “Waterloo, 18 June 1815: The Last Campaign”. Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Graf (count), later elevated to Fürst (prince) von Wahlstatt, was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall. He earned his greatest recognition after leading his army against Napoleon at the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 and the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
Related to Hundred Days 80% Final campaign
Final campaign in “Waterloo, 18 June 1815: The Last Campaign”. The Hundred Days, commonly referred to as The War Of The Seventh Coalition or Napoleon’s Hundred days marked the period between Napoleon's return from ten months of exile on the island of Elba to Paris on 20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King
Related to Hougoumont 80% Contested strongpoint
Contested strongpoint in “Waterloo, 18 June 1815: The Last Campaign”. The Château d'Hougoumont is a walled manorial compound, situated at the bottom of an escarpment near the Nivelles road in the Braine-l'Alleud municipality, near Waterloo, Belgium.
Related to La Haye Sainte 80% Central strongpoint
Central strongpoint in “Waterloo, 18 June 1815: The Last Campaign”. La Haye Sainte is a walled farmhouse compound at the foot of an escarpment near Waterloo, Belgium, on the N5 road connecting Brussels and Charleroi. It has changed very little since it played a crucial part in the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815.
Related to Battle of Ligny 80% Earlier French victory
Earlier French victory in “Waterloo, 18 June 1815: The Last Campaign”. The Battle of Ligny, in which French troops of the Armée du Nord under the command of Napoleon I defeated part of a Prussian army under Field Marshal Blücher, was fought on 16 June 1815 near Ligny in what is now Belgium.
Related to Battle of Quatre Bras 80% Earlier crossroads battle
Earlier crossroads battle in “Waterloo, 18 June 1815: The Last Campaign”. The Battle of Quatre Bras was fought on 16 June 1815, as a preliminary engagement to the decisive Battle of Waterloo that occurred two days later.
Related to Battle of Wavre 80% Parallel Prussian action
Parallel Prussian action in “Waterloo, 18 June 1815: The Last Campaign”. The Battle of Wavre was the final major military action of the Hundred Days campaign and the Napoleonic Wars.