Question

how was napolean defeated in the battle of waterloo

Answer 1

One of the more interesting theories of how had to do with Napoleon's provisioning. Aluminum cans and food canning with them had just been invented and Napoleon used them to provision his troops. The technology wan't perfect and apparently many of the cans spoiled after the can corroded, creating a botulism outbreak amongst his troops.

Answer 2

Ah yes jhouser all very technical and scientific, but the real reason he was defeated is that Blucher and his Prussians arrived in the field late in the day and tipped the scale in favour of Wellington who was pretty much at stalemate with Napoleon.

Answer 3

I'll not talk about the overview of the war, I'll take it to the battle. Napoleon started with tactical divantage (not a problem to him). The 3 decisive moments were the following:
1.The Old Guard, his elite soldiers retreated - they never retreated before. This broke the moral of the French and rose the Coalition's moral.
2. A French line fired a volley at an advancing English heavy infantry line. Their commander thought the English were defeat, but there was a huge smokescreen due to the volley, stopping the French from seen the English. Their commander asked Napoleon for 5,000 horsemen and led a charge against the heavy infantry (which was never a good idea). He did this imagining the were fragmented. The Cavalry was destroyed.
3. After hours of battle and despite the heavy losses, Napoleon had an advantage, but by this time 40,000 Prussian soldiers arrived and gave the decisive blow. (Prussia had the best infantry at their time).

Answer 4

By a alliance between England and Prussia, with armies under Wellington and Blucher.

Answer 5

thanks