Battle of Waterloo using Google Earth

Vive L'Empereur

Made using Google Earth.
The Battle of Waterloo from start to finish.

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(Not endorsed by Google, this video is completely made by me. This video is not sponsored by Google.)
This video is for educational purposes only.

[belustigungspanda]

It all went downhill for Napoleon as soon as the Prussians occupied Saule's chip shop.

[ThePerfectRed]

I think 19th century Generals would have KILLED to get such a battelfield overview. Today we ask "Why didn't he exploit this gap or that open flank?", but back then the flow of information was just so slow and unreliable. Most units just spend the most time waiting for orders like that block of french soldiers in the rear that did not move for 9 hours.

[OnimesShow]

This is more exciting than Ridley Scott's version

[wolfganghuhn]

Wellington chose a battlefield to his advantage, Napoleon was sick, ney got target fixation and blücher was as usual much faster than anyone thought

[daveb]

I can't believe there were around 160k soldiers on the ground. The carnage was horrific. And the final French stand to annihilation. Very brave.

[nigelswindles]

That was really interesting way of getting an overview of a very historical battle, well done

[peterkerr]

It would have looked more interesting to be able to tell cavalry from infantry, especially when the British & Netherlands troops formed squares & the French cavalry rode around them more than once to no great effect.

[Png]

Can you imagine you are in that last 1900 soldier unit left in the battlefield 😬

[chrisdrake]

Spent five years maintaining the AV kit illuminating the wonderful Sibourne Model of Waterloo at the National Army Museum, London. That thing was truly epic in itself and the new narrative was excellent, but nothing can display the ebb and flow of the battle like this. A masterpiece!

[tonybrowneyed]

it was quite interesting to see the real distance that la garde had to face, before reaching wellington's position. after their attack fails, the rest is history.

[ОлексійБойко-зг]

Blücher played a decisive role in the victory at Waterloo. It was Blücher who struck Napoleon in the rear. In addition, Blucher had an army of more than 50 thousand. In general, the Allies at Waterloo had a twofold superiority over Napoleon. But the decisive thing was that Napoleon had no reserves. For example, Napoleon lost the battle of Aspern-Essling in May 1809, but thanks to his reserves he won the next battle and the entire company. At Waterloo, Napoleon had limited resources. In addition, Napoleon lost all the veterans, that is, the “best of the best, ” in 1812. and this is a bit of a “half-million-strong army, ” which was not enough for Napoleon to remain in the statue of Emperor of Europe.

[eckelrock]

I can't wait until we can implement Google Maps with Augmented Reality so we can visit the physical locations and watch a full battle take place like we were actually there.

[ayyelemayo]

You should've included the flags of all units from the Dutch, Hannoverian and other German states armies. About half of Wellington's Anglo-allied army wasn't British. This fact is often overlooked in representations of the battle.

[fredharper]

Prussians are never late, they arrive precisely when they need to

[RegencyRumBluffers]

A new presentation of the battle I had not previously encountered - the movement makes so much more sense of all of those static plans one usually sees - I found myself on the edge of my seat waiting for "Le garde recule!" - Well done, thank you for your work creating this.

[CatnicImprover]

I like this video because it plays things out at about the right pace to be able to understand what's happening. What I don't like about this video is that it's far more difficult to tell what's happening because it doesn't distinguish between infantry, cavalry and artillery and it has no labels to identify which units belong to which division or corps. It doesn't even distinguish the nationality of each unit in the allied army. A reall disapointment and missed opportunity.

[gjce]

Interesting way of portraying the battle. The timestamps with the exact amount of casualties and locations of units are pure speculation of course.

[marcosvarela]

It's amazing to think about 150, 000 men in such a small piece of land. It would have been spectacular at the beginning and horrific at the end. Good video!

[JuanFrochleichten]

I like the background sound using the Barber of Seville overture, it's in the same era as the battle, The barber was composed at 1816

[avisdunrandom]

For those who don't know but is interested in battle, the British have the up side by having a the occupation of the hill with some defense in place since they role was not to defeat Napoleon but to hold as long as possible for the Prussian troops to arrive.
Also Napoleon lost most of his veterans in the campaign of Russia so during this fight, it's was mostly young draft men against veteran for the British and Prussian side (or at least more experienced troops than what Napoleon had).
And Finally even if Napoleon manage to win in Waterloo he was still in a though situation with Austrian, Russian and Swedish troops coming.
Sure if Napoleon manage to win Waterloo he could raise 200k more troops (he manage to negotiate with the upperclass by giving some political power to them if they are willing to paid for the rise of a new army to fight against this coalition, and securing the rich land of Benelux was a proof that Napoleon could still win in an unwinnable situation.