WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Battle of Leipzig, also called Battle of the Nations, (Oct. 16–19, 1813), decisive defeat for Napoleon, resulting in the destruction of what was left of French power in Germany and Poland.

Detailed explanation-2: -Contents. The Battle of Waterloo, which took place in Belgium on June 18, 1815, marked the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte, who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of the Nations, was fought from 16 to 19 October 1813 at Leipzig, Saxony. The Coalition armies of Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia, led by Tsar Alexander I and Karl von Schwarzenberg, decisively defeated the Grande Armée of French Emperor Napoleon I.

Detailed explanation-4: -However, Napoleon became the victim of his own repeated changes of operational focus during this campaign. With allied strength building up on the second day of Leipzig, Napoleon spent most of the day redeploying, while on the final day allied numbers and combat power proved simply too much.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Battle of Leipzig ended on 19 October 1813 not only with the victory of the allied forces of Austria, Prussia, Russia and Sweden over Napoleon. With far more than 500, 000 soldiers and over 90, 000 dead and wounded, it was also one of the biggest and bloodiest battles in European history.