>the British defeated Napoleon
>mfw it was actually the Prussians
>>879131
> History is decided primarily by battles
>>879136
>Napoleon wasn't defeated at Waterloo
>>879131
Blucher never learned how to read a map and he only knew one direction: forwards.
>>880091
But his enemies only knew one direction as well: the ground.
>the sun never sets on the British Empire
Bonus points because people still repeat it
>>879179
>Napoleon wasn't defeated by the terminal economic shittery just like the Soviets
>>879131
If the alliance had lost at Waterloo, the war would have continued and British naval supremacy would have settled the matter eventually.
>>880102
>the Soviets weren't defeated because of the war in Afghanistan
>>880114
>if by British naval supremacy....
you mean the Russian army.
The Brits (or rather, a few Brits and a ton of Germans, Dutch, and Belgians) did a pretty good job wearing the French army down though.
>>880097
well technically it's correct if you include commonwealth countries.
>>880118
>Napoleon and the Soviets didnt both enter into wars of attrition they were never going to win because they didnt have the economies to support them
>>879131
Wasn't success at Waterloo pretty dependent on the Brits wearing down Napoleon's forces?
>>880171
It was probably also helped along by Marshal d'Erlon getting lost several times.
>>880174
Goddamn Frogs and their map reading skills (or lack thereof). Same kinda shit hit Grouchy when he was looking for the Prussians.
>>880132
Potato, kartoshka. Whatever get's the job done. Waterloo was Nappy's last play, but it wasn't Welly's last.
>>880171
Not "Brits". Wellington had an Allied army mostly composed of soldiers from the German states.
>>879136
>History isn't primarily decided by battles
