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WATERLOO
On March 11th 1815 Napoleon
Bonaparte returned to France after nearly a year in exile. He quickly
assembled an army and marched on Paris and reclaimed the French Throne.
The major European powers Great Britain, Prussia, Austria and Russia
mobilized against him as quickly as possible. By the summer of
1815 these armies were closing in on him, Napoleon decided to
strike first with a campaign in Belgium. Napoleon made his final
stand on June 18 in a small town in Belgium named Waterloo.
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