Battle of Waterloo 1815 (Napoleon Vs Wellington)

The battle of Waterloo was fought in 1815. After returning as French emperor, a 7th coalition of Prussia, Britain, Austria and Russia was formed to other throw Napoleon, to prevent this Napoleon launched pre-emptive attacks to prevent the coalition forces from uniting against him. At Ligny, a Prussian army were defeated but not destroyed. Napoleon then headed to the village of Waterloo to take on the British. Who would win Napoleon or Wellington?

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[duncanbaillie]

This is one of the most comprehensive videos I've seen on the Battle sequence! And great narration!
I recommend Bernard Cornwalls non fiction 'Waterloo' it goes into great detail

[joshualuna]

So Ney allowed 6 cavalry charges in square formations, wonderful

[dragonrider]

Very well explained, and surprisingly well executed. I didn't anticipate how awesome it was going to be. Thank you!

[georgekaragiannakis]

In fact Napoleon had about 73, 000 to Wellington's 68, 000 and you should mention Grouchy with his 33, 000 men that were supposed to harass Blucher but failed, thus allowing the 50, 000 Prussians to arrive unmolested at Napoleon's right.

[mortsey]

Thanks I'm slogging through Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. He has an extensive description of this battle and I must admit I was having difficulty following. This visual helped.

[juzek]

EXCELLENT! This was concise and comprehensive in 7:47 with meaningful graphics! I really thought this was going to be crap and I watched to see how crappy. I was wrong! I'm now a subscriber. :)

[sollytom]

Very clear, and straight to the point. Too many video narrators blather endlessly about everything except the nominal topic, but this gets right into the meat of it.

[natbott]

2:58 did somebody say high ground?
**Obi Wan Kenobi wants to know your location**

[StoopidAnimul]

You really used Rise of Nations to illustrate this? Props, man.

[kensterknig]

A good presentation! It illustrated the battle, tho in simplistic terms, accurately and in an easy to understand manner! Very Good Job !

[pierrenavaille]

The winner of Waterloo was Blucher. Welly just waited until the Prussians arrived.

[hannesromhild]

So you just ignore the entire left flank of wellingtons army? the early arrival of the prussian vanguard and the expenditure of the young guard there. The moment at 16:00 when Wellington had lost the battle because the flank was giving in just to be saved by blücher. You know "i wish for the night or the prussians" . Well can't focus on the british while mentioning that mostly germans fought and won this battle i see. So you just ignore they even existed to form your narrative.

[joshwarriorlfc]

General Ney was arrested for his actions in the battle of Waterloo, however legally his village was not under French control and he could of lived. However on trial he declared he was French and as a result was shot dead.

[Proudinfidl]

Happy days. Thanks for this battlestack

[CL-lzru]

AMAZING! Thanks so much for the information! Now my essay is perfect thanks to this awesome

[The_Honcho]

“Emperor Napoleon, should we just flank?”
Napoleon: we don’t do that here

[risajajr]

A very British perspective of how the Battle of Waterloo went.

Your graphics imply much heavier losses by the French as compared to Wellington's forces (which were hardly just British - they were allied forces that included Dutch and Germans, as well as, of course, British forces.) Your summary, on the other hand, shows that the Coalition forces had at least as many casualties as the French.

Wellington's forces were actually on the brink of defeat, very close to retreating when Blucher arrived in force. Blucher deserves at least as much credit as Wellington in this victory as he was able to rally his defeated army (from Ligny), correctly move them north toward Wavre to stay in contact with Wellington, successfully fended off Grouchy with a rear guard and marched the bulk of his army to Waterloo to link up with Wellington.

And note that Wellington was not able to do the same for Blucher at Ligny.

[brianmaphar]

Thank you for naming the Dutch among the Allies. My former Dutch Arty unit fought at Waterloo, and I was even sworn in on that Battlefield. If possible, go there and watch the panoramic painting of the battle and climb the monumental hill.

[Jesusandbible]

another brilliantly put together effort. thanks! so clear

[ilof_]

That was the best video about waterloo i have ever seen. thank you