WATERLOO THE FALL OF NAPOLEON

Now upheld as a source of British pride, in reality, Waterloo was the final gamble of a man willing to risk it all

NAPOLEON MYTHS BUSTED He was short This myth comes from confusion over French inches as well as the fact that ‘Le Petit Caporal’ was always surrounded by his tall bodyguards. Napoleon was most likely about 5’6”, near average for his era. Napoleon was losing. He knew he was losing. But he had been so confident in his speeches that his troops were unaware of this fact that was so blatant to him. “Wellington is a bad general,” he had told his men, but that bad general had beaten him. Though it pained him to admit it, his own mistakes had played a part too. He heard a voice, it must have been his own, shouting encouragement as he rode between the ranks. His words were strong and firm, but his…

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