Battlefield Model - Waterloo, Belgium
Posted by: ToRo61
N 50° 40.767 E 004° 24.355
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Waterloo battlefield model in visitor centre.
Waymark Code: WMP6YJ
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Date Posted: 07/11/2015
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The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815.
A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by the armies of the Seventh Coalition, comprising an Anglo-allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, combined with a Prussian army under the command of Prince Blücher. Two large forces under Wellington and Blücher assembled close to the north-eastern border of France. Napoleon chose to attack in the hope of destroying them before they could join in a coordinated invasion of France with other members of the coalition. Waterloo was the decisive engagement of the Waterloo Campaign and Napoleon's last. The defeat at Waterloo ended Napoleon's rule as Emperor of the French, and marked the end of his Hundred Days return from exile.
The huge model of Waterloo battlefield is located in visitor centre right beside the Lion Mound (
visit link) .