WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Battle of Waterloo was fought on 18 June 1815 between Napoleon’s French Army and a coalition led by the Duke of Wellington and Marshal Blücher. The decisive battle of its age, it concluded a war that had raged for 23 years, ended French attempts to dominate Europe, and destroyed Napoleon’s imperial power forever.

Detailed explanation-2: -The battle of waterloo was a devastating event for the armies involved as well as the village itself. The combined number of men killed or wounded reached nearly 50, 000, with close to 25, 000 casualties on the French side and approximately 23, 000 for the Allied army.

Detailed explanation-3: -Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo led to his second and final fall from power, and ended more than two decades of wars across Europe that had begun with the French Revolution. Napoleon had been defeated in 1814 and forced to give up his imperial throne.