Battle of Waterloo Anniversary

[Tommy Tainant]

201 years ago but relevant today.

All of Europe in turmoil.

Years of savage warfare.

A tyrant ravaging Western Civilisation.

An Irishman, leads a European Army consisting of Brits,Irish,Germans,Dutch and Belgians to Victory and saves the World from Boney.

Better Together - Vote In.

 

[Steve_McGarrett]

201 years ago but relevant today.

All of Europe in turmoil.

Years of savage warfare.

A tyrant ravaging Western Civilisation.

An Irishman, leads a European Army consisting of Brits,Irish,Germans,Dutch and Belgians to Victory and saves the World from Boney.

Better Together - Vote In.

Nationalism is the key. Vote to leave the EU. It's Britain's only way to survive.

"Death to Traitors, Freedom for Britain"

 

[The Great Goose]

201 years ago but relevant today.

All of Europe in turmoil.

Years of savage warfare.

A tyrant ravaging Western Civilisation.

An Irishman, leads a European Army consisting of Brits,Irish,Germans,Dutch and Belgians to Victory and saves the World from Boney.

Better Together - Vote In.

With money borrowed from British based banks.

Cept the Empire was rich in resources back then so they could pay it back.

It's a shame really. Napoleon had much more egalitarian views than the other powers of that time. He allowed men to rise above the enlisted ranks and become officers without having to pay for the commission; a price too high for all but the landed gentry and rich merchant's sons.

He also permitted the taking of spoils and raping of women after victories, which the British army did not. This is why so many men in conquered territories signed up with Bony.

 

[Bleipriester]

201 years ago but relevant today.

All of Europe in turmoil.

Years of savage warfare.

A tyrant ravaging Western Civilisation.

An Irishman, leads a European Army consisting of Brits,Irish,Germans,Dutch and Belgians to Victory and saves the World from Boney.

Better Together - Vote In.

Under his rule, education and civil rights prevailed in Germany. This great man stopped that French "revolution" beheading craze and made France a proud nation again. Once banned he entered France again and the troops supposed to stop him joined him. However, there was no reason to invade Russia and Africa.

 

[ScienceRocks]

How would the world look like today if he would of won the battle of waterloo?

 

[The Great Goose]

201 years ago but relevant today.

All of Europe in turmoil.

Years of savage warfare.

A tyrant ravaging Western Civilisation.

An Irishman, leads a European Army consisting of Brits,Irish,Germans,Dutch and Belgians to Victory and saves the World from Boney.

Better Together - Vote In.

Under his rule, education and civil rights prevailed in Germany. This great man stopped that French "revolution" beheading craze and made France a proud nation again. Once banned he entered France again and the troops supposed to stop him joined him. However, there was no reason to invade Russia and Africa.

I disagree about Russia. It has always been lost territory of the European peoples.

 

[The Great Goose]

How would the world look like today if he would of won the battle of waterloo?

More fair.

 

[Bleipriester]

How would the world look like today if he would of won the battle of waterloo?

It was bad luck. They considered the Prussian army their own reinforcements and were defeated.

 

[Bleipriester]

201 years ago but relevant today.

All of Europe in turmoil.

Years of savage warfare.

A tyrant ravaging Western Civilisation.

An Irishman, leads a European Army consisting of Brits,Irish,Germans,Dutch and Belgians to Victory and saves the World from Boney.

Better Together - Vote In.

Under his rule, education and civil rights prevailed in Germany. This great man stopped that French "revolution" beheading craze and made France a proud nation again. Once banned he entered France again and the troops supposed to stop him joined him. However, there was no reason to invade Russia and Africa.

I disagree about Russia. It has always been lost territory of the European peoples.

Russia has always been busy to be European and the "German quarter" in Moscow really lived the European way.

 

[The Great Goose]

How would the world look like today if he would of won the battle of waterloo?

It was bad luck. They considered the Prussian army their own reinforcements and were defeated,

They'd have been too proud and suspicious t0 be his vassal, i suppose.

 

[Bleipriester]

How would the world look like today if he would of won the battle of waterloo?

It was bad luck. They considered the Prussian army their own reinforcements and were defeated,

They'd have been too proud and suspicious t0 be his vassal, i suppose.

No, the Prussians were never about to support him. It was just the direction they were coming from that led to this miscalculation.

 

[The Great Goose]

How would the world look like today if he would of won the battle of waterloo?

It was bad luck. They considered the Prussian army their own reinforcements and were defeated,

They'd have been too proud and suspicious t0 be his vassal, i suppose.

No, the Prussians were never about to support him. It was just the direction they were coming from that led to this miscalculation.

ah i misread you.

 

[there4eyeM]

Absolutists fighting absolutists.
Europe lost the Napoleonic wars. The era set the stage for the World Wars. No important lessons were learned. Worship of arms and power continued. Empire and domination were encouraged.
Humans seem incapable of using their big brains to advance as much as could be expected. That brain capacity will likely be our evolutionary ruin. Reach exceeds grasp, excess triumphs in all major areas.
If the meek are to inherit the earth, it better happen soon.

 

[Moonglow]

Napoleon was such a major influence on military strategy, European armies copied his strategies up to the the era of trench warfare...
Napoleon instituted a legal system which was more fair to all..
Napoleon destroyed the ancient regimes hold on power...Thought Metternich tried to reinstate the old order after Napoleon, people revolted against the reinstatement..