Waterloo - no other battle in world history has become as proverbial as the debacle in a village south of Brussels that finally sealed Napoleon's fate. To mark the 200th anniversary, Johannes Willms retells the events leading up to the battle and the dramatic course it took. Vividly and densely written, his book is a captivating read, and not just for lovers of military history. For a long time, Napoleon seemed invincible. But in June 1815, the emperor was fighting for his political survival. Having returned from Elba, he had once again managed to seize power in France at lightning speed during the famous "100 days", but he still had to smash the enemy coalition and inflict a heavy defeat on their troops. In the camp of his enemies, the British Duke of Wellington and the Prussian Marshal Blücher also await their historic hour. At dawn on 18 June, the time had come. Napoleon's last battle begins.
