The Battle Of Waterloo
The battle of Waterloo.
The purpose of this essay is to provide clearer understanding about the main political goals which lets the battle to start. Also to identify the main leaders of the opposing sides. To clearly understand if the choice of troops and generals had an influence of the lost, to analyze what were the biggest mistakes of the leaders. During this essay will be investigate the actions of manouvre which was used of both of sides, equipment, weaponary. If there were involved other countries and if anyone had the bigger superiority at the start. The most important thing to understand what the consequences was made by this war, including political aspects, human losses, prisoners and the cost of this battle. For clearly understanding of this battle, I will primarily analyze Waterloo from the French perspective in case of draw a clearer picture of this significant historic battle.
The French Revolution starts with the significant storm of the Bastille on the 14th July 1789. France had become the victim of social, economical, and political revolution. When the revolt was going at the nation, France also was involved at war with other European countries. Therefore, the French authorities introduced strict measure to deal with the possible threats. This led to a famous bloody period of the revolution be called the Reign of Terror.
The Reign of Terror recognized 16,000 to 40,000 of both of sides „enemies of the revolution“ which was executed by the Maximilian Robespierre – the merciless opposition of the French Monarchy. The end of this period was when the Robespierre was arrested by the French army. After that came the Thermidorian reaction when the order needed to be restored after the Reign of Terror. The new enlightenment philosophy required the months to be renamed due to this reason it was called Thermidor, when the Terror ends.
After the Termidorian reaction appeared a Directory which was the form of a ruling system arose. Directory consists of 5 „directors“ and they assumed control of France on the 2nd November 1795. However that was very unpopular new system and was protested by Royalists and Jacobins until were silenced by the new appointed General of the Army, young and successful man named Napoleon Bonaparte.
During the four Director’ies power years there were covered of financial crises, inefficiency and were charged with political corruption. In the end of 1790’s the directors relied on the military to maintain their authority and had passed much of their power to the generals on the ground. Due to this fact, Napoleon Bonaparte decided to lead a coup d’état to abolish the Directory on 9th November 1799 and Napoleon appointed himself France‘s First Consul. That event was marked as the end of French Revolution and the begin of the Napoleonic era. In this case, France would get a major power and come to dominate of Europe.
