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Waterloo was fought on 18 June 1815 near present-day Belgium
and ended Napoleon’s return from exile. Wellington’s Anglo-allied army held
defensive ground against repeated French attacks until Prussian forces under
Blücher arrived and struck Napoleon’s flank. The French army collapsed, and
Napoleon’s rule was over.
The battle ended the Napoleonic era in Europe. It restored a
balance of power led by the major coalitions against France and became one of
the most consequential military defeats in European history. Waterloo also
fixed Napoleon’s image in history as both a genius commander and a fallen
emperor.
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