One Hundred Days: Napoleon's Road To Waterloo Access

The map of Europe was redrawn to ensure a "balance of power" for decades.

Napoleon defeated the Prussians but failed to destroy them.

Napoleon knew he couldn't win a long war. He struck first in Belgium to split the Allied forces. One Hundred Days: Napoleon's Road to Waterloo

Just as the French surged, Blücher’s Prussian army arrived to strike the French flank.

Napoleon stepped forward alone and famously said: "If there is any among you who would kill his Emperor, here I am." The map of Europe was redrawn to ensure

The Duke of Wellington held a ridge with "iron" discipline.

The "Hundred Days" is one of history’s most cinematic sequences. It tracks Napoleon Bonaparte’s daring escape from exile to his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. ⚓ The Great Escape (March 1815) He struck first in Belgium to split the Allied forces

The road ended on a rain-soaked field in modern-day Belgium.