1815 Battle of Waterloo: Napoleon's last battle, how it happened 

Bones are rare. After Waterloo, more than 27K tons of human/animal bones from Napoleonic battlefields were imported through the port of Hull to be processed into fertilizer. The young soldiers still had good teeth and these were used to make dentures, they were called "Waterloo teeth" at the time. The British were called the vampires of Europe when all this happened.

Just, wanted to correct something in this documentary, there were no ''English only''in duke of wellington's army, they were british soldiers , meaning collectively all nations in the united kingdom fought as one, under the union jack flag,🇬🇧 What, you got to remember after the battle which was as gruesome, as the battle itself, and typical of the Napoleonic era of warfare, There ,was no organized retrieval or system to collect the wounded from the battlefield, they were Litter Bearers, but was still a ad hoc, affair, the scale of casualties overwhelmed the litter bears task ,they were so many casualties, thousands of dead, dying, and wounded on both sides, that they were unable to be removed for days after, The lucky ones, if you can describe it as lucky ones , were stretchered off or walked off,, but what awaited them when they got to the field hospital , was another matter, Army surgeons, had to work quicky, bearing in mind there was no pain- relief drugs ,when amputations were performed, the speed and efficiency of the surgeon of cutting the limb off, and trimming the bone,and creating a flap to cover the stump was the best the unfortunate soldier could hope for. The rest, out there had to wait in the cold ,wet conditions , they were left for days, there thousands perished in agony, At night, came the locals from around the area, the ''scavengers'' they got amongst them, and picked clean the dead and wounded, the horrors didn't stop, the teeth were hacked out and the prized teeth were from the young soldiers because they had a full set ,even the wounded were not spared, even killed, theses teeth were worth a lot of money because they were used to make dentures for the wealthy , this is never mentioned in the aftermath of warfare, it's all about glory .

As a Belgian I can say my country always has been a battlefield crushed between the great powers France, Germany and England. Napoleon was defeated in 1815 at Waterloo in a decisive battle witch led Europe in almost 100 years of peace until WW1 broke out in 1914 with millions of death on the western front especially around the Ypres salliant with 5 battles and the big offensive at Passchendale in 1917. Now 100 years later they still dig up tons of shells each year in Flanders fields. Then came WW2 with Germany occupying Belgium untill they had to retreat after the landings at Normandy and they had their last counteroffensive at the battle of the bulge in the Ardennes with many casualties again. In a way my country is a graveyard and we have many war cemeteries . We have peace now for many years but with NATO stationed in Brussels we are a target once again. Let’s pray it never comes to a big war again ✌️

Napoleon fielded 72,000 troops against Wellington's 68,000. It may not sound much of an advantage but he had 250 cannons and Wellington only had about 140 cannons if accounts are to be believed. If I was Wellington I too would have fought a defensive battle of attrition.

Quite a good documentary from France without the usual incorrect claim of most British documentaries that Wellington was victorious by purposefully omitting that Wellington would have lost without the Prussians. Some corrections though: There was no Russian "Masterplan" to withdraw as very good described in the last researches of Historian Alexander Mikaberidze. And unfortunately, the filmmakers seemingly never served in the military. Boredom and inactivity is spread widely until today in every army and living conditions in campaign still are often unhealthy...living conditions in 18th century in general were bad for regular people and even much worse in the Royal Navy.

What is rather sordid is that the mass graves where the soldiers who died during the battle were buried were desecrated. After the looting of personal belongings, the teeth of the dead were used to supply the market for dentures of the time. Around 1820 several articles in English newspapers refer to the trade of bones from the battlefield, in order to be transformed into agricultural fertilizer. Besides, some isolated bones, like this skeleton of which the video speaks, were found, there are no common graves on the battlefield.

The British only had some 25,000 men at Waterloo, the rest of the 80,000 odd of Wellington's troops, where Dutch, Belgium and German troops.

I visited Waterloo battlefield, and I had a very bad feeling about the place. It was completely overwhelming, I felt sick, and I just had to leave after a short while. I'm clairsentient so I expect I was feeling something from what had happened there all those years ago ^^

Outstanding job my god sir, mhm yess indeed.. But that armor that was pierced by a cannonball was not that of a Rifleman, but that of a French cavalryman. A Cuirassier. Helpful tip mate!

Just because the archeological remains of the fallen soldier suggest he was "small" and had a birth defect, does not mean he was frail lol. Those dudes would March miles with their gear as foot soldiers. Dude was probably more hard-core than 80% of males now

An italian man fighting as Emperor of the French fighting an Irishman, the Leader of a British Army in a Flemish area of Belgium

Explaining the loading process: "With the stick, he mixed it all together" 😂😂 Nice try though 😉

Pendant ce temps,les banques anglaises se remplissaient...

Thankyou sir for showing this great Emperor documentary

Sir in India mysour emperor Tippu sultans also got this type of gun Tippu sultan received guns by napoleon Bonaparte

I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's Napoleonic warfare series as a complement

What is usually ignored is before Nappy took over France, France had the largest population of any country in Europe. However the losses France incurred, especially with Nappys Russian adventure resulted in a demographic disaster from which France never recovered, even today.

“They have ruined my battlefield.”

Sir please show us biryani and Paris military schools that napoleon started his military education

Какие 10 лет непрерывных побед?!

43:29 A Rifleman wore that breast plate did he ? Good grief 😵‍💫

Thank you for this work..

why do you use pictures of another era and country in this clip (the execution scene at the beginning around minute 1.10)

i read an article that stated that the bones of the dead soldiers were ground up for fertilizer. Is that so?

Allied ( Scottish, Kings German legion , Hanoverian , Dutch, Belgian , Nassau , Brunswicks Troops ) plus Prussians verses the French ( Some Dutch, Polish Swiss )

1815 battle at Ulm?!?

Türkçe alt yazı desteği olmaması üzücü 😢

Wellington commanded an allied army, British, German and Dutch.

Sir does franch archaeologist found napoleon Bonapartes naval fleet in bottom of ocean

Holland a alie of Napolein ?? we were condered ,people were pressed in the army of napoleon ..so no allie

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Napoleon Bonapartes is lion of 100 wars

I stopped watching at 3:50 in because this was not talking about Waterloo as the title suggested.

Good visuals. That script needed editing. Nothing built on Waterloo since 1815 in the same breath as the Lion Mound, an artificial hill. "Months of fighting" to describe without anything further the yearlong long War of Liberation in Germany 1813 that sealed N's fate. Also "Blewher" for Bluecher. Yikes.

"The Russians decided to side with the British" - no mention of the Continental System? The British largely just financed and supplied armies that were fighting against Napoleon rather than having their own armies in the field (there were exceptions including the long Peninsula Campaign in Spain and Portugal) So Napoleon decided to cut that source of funding from his enemies by isolating Britain from trade with Europe. Some countries ignored this (such as Portugal), Russia agreed to it then re-started open trade when their own economy was badly affected, and everyone else took part in smuggling. Russia going back to trading with Britain was why Napoleon invaded, the Russians didn't just randomly change sides!

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Not to nitpick but it was Marshal Blue-sure, not "bluer"

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. Prussian Army Field Marshal.

Not "Blue-er"....but BLOOKER......(BLÜCHER)...."BLOOKER...followed by horse neighing.

Поэтому они сходились

Loud terrible music under the narration spoiled it.

20🇨🇵24 AP🌹RIL ...°°°... ❤️* ^❤️ ^❤️*

Sir napoleon Bonapartes he is my inspiration role model for every soldier sir please show us napoleon Bonapartes artifacts and his museum

la France ....seul contre tous

Sir please show us napoleon Bonapartes pyramid wars

Bad narration and cheesy music to say the least,not a good doco about the battle of waterloo at all,most of the senseless comments below honestly seem to be bot generated.

Les Français n'avaient ni flotte ,ni argent après le Directoire.Avec une flotte de taille,il aurait battu l'Angleterre maitresse des mers grâce au roi grand amateur de femmes jetées après usage..Henry huit ?

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Without Blücher and his "tall fellows," Wellington would have been defeated. By the way, the British have always managed to gain the support of other countries against their own declared enemies. "History is always written by the victor" Napoleon Bonaparte.

Whats with the music in these kind of things ITS REVOLTING

Napoleon's biggest mistake was making enemies of the British. He was doomed from that moment. What a fool.

who is bluer?

It’s the horses i feel sorry for not the humans

The battle of Waterloo was me looking for another job so I could get the funk out of Iowa.

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Men who are short are not often “frail,” an conclusion he claims twice.

Switching between the English and the Uk/British they are not the same nor are they interchangeable

I pray Jesus give the child for every franch parents like Emperor napoleon Bonaparte Amen

This wasn't Napoleon's last battle.

the Prussians under Blucher saved the day. if they had not arrived Napoleon would have won but history gives the victory to Wellington.

Жаль, что Императору не удалось добраться до острова и не уничтожить наглосаксов, как государство-вампир ! История пошла бы совсем по другому пути развития. Многие последующие войны на состоялись бы вовсе ! Смешно слушать про "агрессивного" Наполеона, если учесть, что все коалиции, созданные кознями и золотом наглосаксов, были направлены на уничтожение главного конкурента на континенте - Франции.

It's British, not English! The Irish, Scot's & Welsh also played a major part. Typical American mistake!!.............

OOPS ! WRONG VIDEO ................. I THOUGHT IT WAS ABOUT ABBA. 😂 🤣 😂

From time to time there’s a leader the world needs to be rid of. Napoleon is a classic case of this. Better to nip it in the bud early!

less of the history lesson and more about the soldiers as in the title ...

BOOOO Bonaparte! 😡😠👎

bonaparte was not really a brilliant strategist. He lacked calculations. He was only ambitious.

Very annoing flickering images through this video, I lost interest after two minutes. Why doing this on purpose? Seems rather stupid..

On s'en fout, on vous a battu au foot !

So many mistakes in this video. Worse than the History Channel.

Yes and half of wellingtons army were Dutch Belgium and once fought for the french

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