The Battle of Waterloo and Its Profound Impact on European History

The Battle of Waterloo, fought on June 18, 1815, near the town of Waterloo in present-day Belgium, marked the culmination of the Napoleonic Wars and the end of Napoleon Bonaparte's reign as Emperor of the French. This historic clash pitted the French forces under Napoleon against the Allied armies led by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher.