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Sto caricando le informazioni... Waterloo: Wellington, Napoleon, and the Battle that Saved Europe (originale 2014; edizione 2016)89 | Nessuno | 305,725 |
(4.5) | Nessuno | Wellington remarked that Waterloo was "a damned nice thing," meaning uncertain or finely balanced. He was right. For his part, Napoleon reckoned "the English are bad troops and this affair is nothing more that eating breakfast." He was wrong--and this gripping and dramatic narrative history shows just how wrong.Fought on Sunday, June 18th, 1815, by some 220,000 men over rain-sodden ground in what is now Belgium, the Battle of Waterloo brought an end to twenty-three years of almost continual war between imperial France and her enemies. A decisive defeat for Napoleon and a hard-won victory for the Allied armies of the Duke of Wellington and the Prussians, led by the stalwart Marshal Blucher, it brought about the French emperor's final exile to St. Helena and cleared the way for Britain to become the dominant military power in the world.The Napoleonic Wars are a source of endless fascination and this authoritative volume provides a wide and colorful window into this all-important climatic battle.… (altro) |
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Dati dalle informazioni generali inglesi. Modifica per tradurlo nella tua lingua. That the army won its battles despite Horse Guards, the Treasury and its senior commanders was due to the pluck and resilience of the professional soldiers and the leadership of the regimental officers. That, at least, was part of the legacy of Waterloo that had not been squandered and which infuses and motivates the Britsh army still. (Click per vedere. Attenzione: può contenere anticipazioni.) | |
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