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Introduction to the Battle of Waterloo
Battle of Waterloo 1865438+June 200518, the decisive battle between the French army and the anti-French Coalition forces in the Belgian town of Waterloo.

The battle ended in a decisive victory of the anti-French Coalition forces. The battle ended Napoleon's empire. This battle was also the last battle of Napoleon I. After Napoleon's defeat, he was exiled to St. Helena and retired from the historical stage.

The Battle of Waterloo is a famous battle in the history of war, which ultimately decided the fate of Napoleon and his empire and had a far-reaching impact on Europe.

There are always different opinions about the reasons for Napoleon's failure in the Battle of Waterloo. Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington, the winner, believed that Napoleon's strategic attack was the main reason for his failure. Napoleon had to wait for the allied forces to invade France. After a long time, he would collapse because of lack of food.

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Reasons for the failure of the Battle of Waterloo:

1, quality of officers and men

Although Napoleon appointed Marshal Davao as Minister of the Army and organized 284,000 troops within two months, and there were many veterans in the army, the whole army was hastily formed, lacking training, firearms, ammunition and horses. There is a shortage of middle and senior commanders in the army, and even a mediocre man like grouchy should be independent.

2. The troops were dispersed.

Napoleon always advocated concentrating superior forces. However, the movement was strangely dispersed from the beginning. In the Lini War, Napoleon sent Ney troops to detour the right wing of Pu Jun without knowing the enemy's situation. As a result, Ney suddenly met 20,000 British troops, that is, she gave up the task of encircling Pu Jun circuitously and was restrained by the secondary enemy. Later, he only sent 1 legion slowly, but failed to reach the battlefield.

3. The generals are incompetent

Marshal Nye showed extraordinary courage at Waterloo, but his command was ineffective. In Rini's detour, he didn't care about priorities, and got entangled with 20,000 British troops, so that 80,000 Pujun troops were not annihilated. He led the cavalry to charge rashly, which was also a great blow to the French army's effective strength.

4. Pu Jun strikes back.

Napoleon planned to concentrate his efforts to defeat Pu Jun's troops one by one. Two days before the decisive battle of Waterloo, the French army defeated Pu Jun in blucher. However, because the 1 Army lost its way, failed to reach the battlefield in time, and the 6th Army was too far away and mobilized too late, the battle of Lini became a rout, not an expected annihilation.

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