Geoff Wootten – Waterloo 1815: The Birth of Modern Europe
Osprey Publishing | 1993 | ISBN: 1855322102 | English | 96 pages | PDF | 68.32 MB
Campaign 15
Osprey Publishing | 1993 | ISBN: 1855322102 | English | 96 pages | PDF | 68.32 MB
Campaign 15
Osprey's study of the most famous battle of the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). Waterloo holds a special place among the great battles of history. The climax of more than twenty years of war, it was indeed a close-run affair, matching two of the world's greatest generals – Napoleon and Wellington. This volume covers the entire campaign including the battles of Quatre Bras, Ligny and Wavre, with five full-colour maps and three highly detailed bird's eye views showing decisive moments in the action. An excellent sense of the closeness of the battle is communicated – Wellington himself claimed it was "the nearest thing you ever saw in your life" – and this gripping account shows the full justice of that statement.