El Día de Waterloo 1815

It might be the most written about battle of all time… but tactically, it was one of Napoleon’s worst efforts. After Napoleon’s return from Elba, he watched his peace efforts spurned and knew that four large armies would eventually invade France. In a precarious position at home as well, he elected to move quickly, hoping for a powerful spoiling attack against the two closest armies that would rally some of his former allies and, even better, encourage the “Seventh Coalition” to negotiate. Hi