Great Battles in History Series: The Battle of Waterloo

Speaker: Roy Heidicker

In 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte returned from exile to regain his empire. This military genius and his Napoleonic wars had already cost Europe millions of lives and untold devastation. The task of stopping Napoleon fell to England’s Duke of Wellington and Prussia’s Marshal Blucher. On June 18, 1815, three armies would fight for the future of Europe at the battle of Waterloo. Prior to this campaign Napoleon and Wellington had never opposed each other in battle. But Wellington had been fighting against French tactics for years. Napoleon had never fought against Wellington’s tactics. The great battle of Waterloo was a massive demonstration of infantry, cavalry, artillery, and combined tactics. By days’ end, Waterloo would take its place as one of the most important and fascinating battles in all of military history.

Dr. Roy “Doc” Heidicker served as the Historian of the 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base for almost fifteen years. He received his B.A. (History and Naval Science) from Marquette University and his M.A. and Ph.D. (Military History and Film) from Southern California. Doc served as an artillery officer in the Marine Corps. With his wife Judine, he is the owner of Classic Aviation and War Art. Doc is a frequent lecturer and briefer at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base and in the local community. He helped organize a series of lectures for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War for the Foundation of Wayne Community College. His last lecture series commemorated the 75th anniversary of World War II. Doc is currently presenting the Great Battles in History lecture series.

[NbyD]

As a film I recommend Kollberg. They use thousands of soldiers withdrawn from the WW2 front who actually move look and ride like soldiers. As a bonus you can see WW2 politician in acting roles. It's in color.

[AugustinEeckhout]

Is this factual information?
Can you please send some sources of where u got this information from.
In text citations? You don't give out credibility

[antun]

"will we get to a point where someone doesn't feel like it needs to expand"? This is why with military you also need to explain the political background. Napoleon was the leader of the French revolutionary army. Everyone else in Europe against him were old aristocracy. They declared war on France out of fear that revolution will spread to their countries. So it's not like Napoleon was in war just for sake of conquest, far from it. They were in alliance against what he represents, he basically had no other choice but to fight them.

[westbethkid]

talk about logistics––you guys really need to figure how to do sound for a lecture, I have the volume turned maximum and you can still barely hear it