Reasons for the fiasco of Waterloo Battle

Napoleon was defeated in the First World War because he mistakenly let grouchy lead the army. Grouchy's wrong decision was determined by his personality, and grouchy's wrong decision was the decisive factor that led to Napoleon's failure in the Battle of Waterloo.

2. 1815 On June18, Napoleon's army joined forces with the British allied forces led by Wellington, the general of the anti-French alliance, at Waterloo, and the Prussian army defeated by Napoleon was heading for Brussels, so Napoleon sent a well-behaved French marshal grouchy to lead a French army to pursue the Prussian army led by blucher. 18 June 1 1 Sunday morning, Napoleon

At this time, Napoleon's army and Wellington's army were in a stalemate, and both sides were exhausted. At this time, whoever gets the support first will win.

So Napoleon and Wellington are waiting for their reinforcements, Napoleon is waiting for grouchy, and Wellington is waiting for the Prussian army led by blucher.

Grouchy is a well-behaved marshal, and his personal character determines that he is an incompetent commander in chief. He was very blind in pursuing the Prussian army, because he didn't know where the Prussian army was, but he followed Napoleon's orders and continued to look for it, ignoring the rumble of guns from Waterloo.

In the end, the Prussian army arrived at Waterloo first, but grouchy waited until he got Napoleon's letters before rushing to Waterloo. But it was too late, so Napoleon was defeated by the army of the anti-French alliance.

Introduction to the Battle of Waterloo: 18 15 Napoleon, who was defeated and exiled to the island of Elba, quarreled endlessly at the Vienna conference, taking advantage of the anti-French alliance. People in France want Napoleon to return to Paris from Elba to regain the throne, and Napoleon thinks that the anti-French alliance should be defeated first. At this time, the quarrelsome anti-French alliance in Vienna saw Napoleon's restoration, so it stopped quarreling and assembled again to form the seventh anti-French alliance to fight to the death with Napoleon.

1815 June18, Napoleon led more than 65,438+10,000 troops to Waterloo village in the south of Brussels, Belgium, and joined forces with 60,000 troops led by British general Wellington. So the two sides launched a fierce battle here. The fighting began at eleven o'clock in the morning and lasted until dusk. Before that, in order to prevent the Prussian army from reinforcing General Wellington, Napoleon sent a well-behaved French marshal grouchy to stop the Prussian army. At this time, grouchy didn't know where the Prussian army was, so he set off blindly. After the war began, grouchy heard the rumbling of guns at Waterloo, and his men also suggested reinforcing Napoleon, but grouchy stuck to Napoleon's orders to stop the Prussian army and failed to improvise. Finally, the Prussian army arrived at Waterloo under the leadership of blucher, but grouchy did not. At this time, Napoleon's army and Wellington's army were exhausted, and whoever got reinforcements first won the battle. Finally, Wellington was reinforced by blucher and defeated Napoleon.

Napoleon was forced to abdicate after his defeat and was exiled to St. Helena. Since then, Napoleon has been unable to leave the island all his life.