After Waterloo Prisoners
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After Waterloo Prisoners
German victors and French prisoners after the battle. Date: 18-19 June 1815
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1815 Napoleonic Prisoners Victors Wars Waterloo
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After Waterloo: A Tableau of Victory and Defeat, 18-19 June 1815 This evocative image captures the poignant aftermath of the Battle of Waterloo, fought on 18-19 June 1815 near the town of Waterloo in present-day Belgium. The Napoleonic Wars, a series of conflicts waged between 1803 and 1815, reached their climax with this decisive engagement, pitting the French army, led by Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, against the coalition forces of the Seventh Coalition, commanded by the Duke of Wellington and Prussian General Blücher. In this poignant scene, German victors are shown leading their French prisoners of war through the night, their faces etched with the fatigue and determination of battle. The defeated French soldiers, many of them weary and disheveled, are seen in various stages of submission, some resigned, others defiant. Horses, both riderless and with their riders still in the saddle, dot the landscape, adding to the chaotic tableau. The Battle of Waterloo marked the end of Napoleon's reign and the beginning of the Restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in France. The event would go down in history as one of the most significant military engagements in European history, shaping the political landscape of the continent for generations to come. This powerful image serves as a poignant reminder of the human cost of war and the indelible mark it leaves on those who experience it.
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