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Waterloo (1815)
 
War:   Napoleonic Wars
 
Date(s):   18 Jun 1815
 
Location:   Waterloo, Belgium
 
Outcome:   Allied army defeats the French
 
Principal   Commanders:   French: Napoleon Bonaparte
British: Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
 
Description:   One of the most decisive battles in the history of Europe, the Anglo-Dutch army (67,000 soldiers) led by the Duke of Wellington and the Prussian army (52,300) led by Field-Marshal Blücher defeated Napoleon's army (72,000).


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