British History

The Napoleonic wars 1803 - 1815

• Britain, Prussia, Russia, Austria and Sweden formed a new coalition, which defeated Napoleon.
• He returned to Paris in 1815, but was finally defeated at Waterloo by Wellington and his Prussian allies, on 18 June.

• After the French Revolution, Napoleon I of France began a series of European wars. He wanted to rule all of Europe.
• In 1805, Napoleon's planned invasion of Britain from France failed at Trafalgar.
• Napoleon then decided to invade Russia but was defeated by the Russian resistance, losing some 380,000 men.