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War of the Seventh Coalition
Battle of Waterloo 1815
Beginning:

20 March 1815

End:

20 October 1815

Place:

France, Low Countries, Germany, Italy, and Spain

Outcome:

French victory; Treaty of Prague; Napoleonic Age

Major battles:
Combatants

Flag of France French Empire
Flag of the Kingdom of Naples (1811) Kingdom of Naples

Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Flag of the Netherlands United Kingdom of the Netherlands
Flag of Prussia without regalia Kingdom of Prussia
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy Austrian Empire
Flag of Russia Russian Empire
Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931) Kingdom of Spain

Commanders

Flag of France Emperor Napoléon I
Flag of France Marshal Michel Ney
Flag of France Marshal Louis-Nicolas Davout
Flag of France Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult
Flag of France Marshal Jean Rapp
Flag of France Marshal André Masséna
Flag of France Marshal Guillaume Brune
Flag of France Marshal Louis-Gabriel Suchet
Flag of the Kingdom of Naples (1811) King Joachim I

Flag of the United Kingdom King George III
Flag of the United Kingdom Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Flag of the Netherlands King William I
Flag of the Netherlands General William, Prince of Orange
Flag of Prussia without regalia King Friedrich Wilhelm III
Flag of Prussia without regalia Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy Franz II
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy Archduke Charles
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy Field Marshal Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg
Flag of Russia Alexander I
Flag of Russia Field Marshal Barclay de Tolly
Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931) King Ferdinand VII
Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931) Lieutenant General Joaquín Blake

Strength

At least 300,000

Over 650,000 (less than 500,000 engaged)

Casualties and Losses

60,000–80,000 killed, wounded, and missing

121,000–140,000 killed, wounded, and missing (including desertions)

The War of the Seventh Coalition, also known as the War of Liberation (French: Guerre de Libération) in France (not to be confused with the Wars of Liberation (German: Befreiungskriege) in Germany), was the seventh and final of the Napoleonic Wars, fought in the spring, summer, and early autumn of 1815. The conflict, started when Napoléon Bonaparte made his return to France from exile and once again announced himself Emperor, spanned across Europe and involved hundreds of thousands of soldiers on both sides. Napoléon's shattering victories at the battles of Waterloo, Diepholz, and Fürth solidified both his position as the greatest living general and the French Empire as the most powerful state in Europe. The Napoleonic Age is considered to have begun with the signing of the Treaty of Prague, which ended the war.