Travel Guide to Waterloo Battlefield Brussels

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Travel video of Waterloo Battlefield, Belgium. The famous battle of waterloo, where Napolean fought his last battle and he was defeated. Irrespective of whether you take interest in history or not, you will not regret the visit to Waterloo battlefield memorial. I have read a lot on Napolean's life and this battle was quiet a set back to this great strategist. The wide spread planes really amazes you and you can literally imagine how the battle must have taken place...in the 18th century. Some facts of the battle given below for your ready reference.

The Battle of Waterloo Date 18 June 1815
Location : Waterloo, Netherlands, present-day Belgium; 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Brussels

Decisive Coalition victory
Belligerents
France
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Hanover
Nassau
Brunswick

Prussia
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon Bonaparte
Duke of Wellington
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Strength
Total: 73,000[1]
50,700 infantry
14,390 cavalry
8,050 artillery and engineers
252 guns
Total: 118,000
Wellington's army: 68,000[2][3]
United Kingdom: 25,000 British and 6,000 King's German Legion
Netherlands: 17,000
Hanover: 11,000
Brunswick: 6,000
Nassau: 3,000[4]
156 guns[5]
Blücher's army:
Prussians: 50,000[6]
Casualties and losses
Total: 41,000
24,000 to 26,000 casualties, including 6,000 to 7,000 captured[7]
15,000 missing[8]
Total: 24,000
Wellington's army: 17,000
3,500 killed
10,200 wounded
3,300 missing[9]
Blücher's army: 7,000
1,200 killed
4,400 wounded
1,400 missing[9]

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in Belgium, part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands at the time. A French army under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: an army consisting of units from the United Kingdom, the German Legion, the Netherlands, Hanover, Brunswick and Nassau, under the command of the Duke of Wellington, referred to by many authors as the Anglo-allied army, and a Prussian army under the command of Field Marshal Blücher. The battle marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars.

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