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« on: March 22, 2010, 07:25:22 PM »
Obviously these aren't the only people prominent at Waterloo, but Wellington (fairly or unfairly) took most of the credit for the victory instead of the Prussians.
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« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2010, 07:26:13 PM »
Wellington.
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« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2010, 11:21:09 PM »
The Emperor, of course.
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« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2010, 04:32:05 AM »
The Brits won it. The Prussians just came in at the end to claim the glory.
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« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2010, 03:09:57 PM »
Wellington would have been toast if Blucher hadn't shown up.
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« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2010, 08:36:45 PM »
The Duke
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« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2010, 08:55:49 PM »
Likely Napoleon.
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« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2010, 09:47:40 PM »
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« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2010, 10:36:52 PM »
Napoleon, I guess.
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« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2010, 07:19:51 AM »
Quote from: WisconsinGurl on March 23, 2010, 03:09:57 PM
Wellington would have been toast if Blucher hadn't shown up.

Fraid not. More like the other way round. Basically, Britain fought the battle and the Prussians turned up at the end to steal some of the glory.
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« Reply #10 on: March 24, 2010, 01:42:02 PM »
Waterloo was too late in the day to change anything.  In any sense that mattered, Napoleon had already lost by that point.  If Napoleon had won at Waterloo, he'd have lost somewhere else.

Turn back the clock to 1812, and you could've had a scenario leading to Emperor-for-life Napoleon leading a cowed and complacent Europe.
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« Reply #11 on: March 24, 2010, 02:01:08 PM »
Quote from: To sit in sullen silence in a dull, dark dock on March 24, 2010, 01:42:02 PM
Waterloo was too late in the day to change anything.  In any sense that mattered, Napoleon had already lost by that point.  If Napoleon had won at Waterloo, he'd have lost somewhere else.

Turn back the clock to 1812, and you could've had a scenario leading to Emperor-for-life Napoleon leading a cowed and complacent Europe.

Yeah, I was amused at all the talk of healthcare 'reform' as being Obama's Waterloo... I mean, it might have been his Moscow or his Leipzig, but...
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« Reply #12 on: March 24, 2010, 05:41:26 PM »
Quote from: playing with the matches behind my eyes on March 24, 2010, 02:01:08 PM
Quote from: To sit in sullen silence in a dull, dark dock on March 24, 2010, 01:42:02 PM
Waterloo was too late in the day to change anything.  In any sense that mattered, Napoleon had already lost by that point.  If Napoleon had won at Waterloo, he'd have lost somewhere else.

Turn back the clock to 1812, and you could've had a scenario leading to Emperor-for-life Napoleon leading a cowed and complacent Europe.

Yeah, I was amused at all the talk of healthcare 'reform' as being Obama's Waterloo... I mean, it might have been his Moscow or his Leipzig, but...

The average American might know one battle from the Napoleonic wars.
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« Reply #13 on: March 24, 2010, 06:56:00 PM »
Quote from: WisconsinGurl on March 23, 2010, 03:09:57 PM
Wellington would have been toast if Blucher hadn't shown up.

^^^ This

And I'd support the Emperor of course. Screw the Holy Alliance.
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« Reply #14 on: March 27, 2010, 10:35:54 PM »
Quote from: Хahar on March 24, 2010, 05:41:26 PM
The average American might know one battle from the Napoleonic wars.

Most, I think, know Waterloo.
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« Reply #15 on: March 28, 2010, 01:39:05 AM »
Wellington
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« Reply #16 on: March 28, 2010, 06:26:35 AM »
Considering the British burned Copenhagen, I as an revendgeful 25% Dane, would probably be on Emperor Napoleon's side.

 
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« Reply #17 on: March 28, 2010, 12:54:30 PM »
Quote from: Mideast Assemblyman Ben on March 27, 2010, 10:35:54 PM
Quote from: Хahar on March 24, 2010, 05:41:26 PM
The average American might know one battle from the Napoleonic wars.

Most, I think, know Waterloo.

Precisely.
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« Reply #18 on: March 28, 2010, 01:48:22 PM »
Wellington, on account of how Napoleon invaded Russia.
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« Reply #19 on: March 29, 2010, 01:29:55 PM »
I would be on Napoleons side.
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« Reply #20 on: March 29, 2010, 09:02:41 PM »
The Emperor, obviously.
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« Reply #21 on: March 30, 2010, 12:27:54 PM »
The Duke of Wellington, obviously.
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« Reply #22 on: March 30, 2010, 02:51:16 PM »
A negotiated peace and no battle, obviously.
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« Reply #23 on: March 30, 2010, 10:49:51 PM »
Prince Blucher. 
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« Reply #24 on: April 02, 2010, 05:07:21 PM »

Given that the Napoleonic Wars seem to be taught quite a bit, I'd think there's a decent chance that Austerlitz or Leipzig are also fairly well known nowadays.
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