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1 France at war By Ryan Higgins

2 French army’s victories The battles they won ! The battles they won ! Hundred Year Austrian succession Thirty Years War American War of Independence French Revolutionary War War of the first Coalition War of the second Coalition War of the third Coalition War of the fourth Coalition War of the fifth Coalition Crimean War Second Opium War War of Italian Revolution WW1

3 The battle they lost!! The battle of waterloo The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. An Imperial French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon was defeated by combined armies of the Seventh Coalition, an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington combined with a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blücher. It was the culminating battle of the Waterloo Campaign and Napoleon's last. The defeat at Waterloo put an end to Napoleon's rule as Emperor of the French and marked the end of his Hundred Days' return from exile.Waterloo BelgiumUnited Kingdom of the NetherlandsImperial FrenchEmperorNapoleon Seventh CoalitionDuke of WellingtonPrussianGebhard von BlücherWaterloo CampaignHundred Days Upon Napoleon's return to power in 1815, many states that had opposed him formed the Seventh Coalition and began to mobilise armies. Two large forces under Wellington and von 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. The decisive engagement of this three-day Waterloo Campaign (16–19 June 1815) occurred at the Battle of Waterloo. According to Wellington, the battle was "the nearest-run thing you ever saw in your life."[5][5]

4 Map of France Please use this simple map to find the battle locations.

5 Thank you for watching my presentation and I hope you have enjoyed it!!!!!


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