Battle of Waterloo

On the morning of June 18, 1815, the troops commanded by the Duke of Wellington gathered in a camp in a small town in Belgium called Waterloo. Continuous rains brought pain, dampness and cold to the soldiers. But these soldiers will be grateful for the heavy rain that started the night before, because this summer rainstorm not only saved many lives, but also was about to rewrite the history of the entire Europe, right here on the battlefield of Waterloo. The Battle of Waterloo was fought by the French army led by Napoleon against the Allied Powers led by Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Britain. Napoleon was a man who was confident but despised his enemies. He had never fought Wellington, and he believed Wellington would not put up a strong resistance at Waterloo. He expected that a single attack would drive Wellington off the ridge and force him back. So he didn't expect a large-scale battle at all. At the beginning of the war, France finally defeated the British vanguard, but the strength of the French army had been weakened by most of it. As the coalition forces got closer to the French army, the morale of the French army declined and there was commotion in the army. Soon, the French army was completely defeated, and the battle ended after only one day. The Battle of Waterloo was special because it was one of the very few battles in which a decisive victory was achieved in just one battle.