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A-Z: General definitions: Waterloo
Definition
Decisive Battle at Waterloo (Belgium) concluding the Napoleonic Wars, in which the French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by Anglo-Prussian allied forces led by the Duke of Wellington in 1815. See article on the Impact of the Napoleonic Wars.
A series of conflicts fought by various European allies against Napoleon's French Empire.
(1769-1821). Napoleon I, Emperor of France, who conquered much of Europe but was finally defeated at the Battle of Waterloo.
English military and political leader, renowned for his defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
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