War Walks
Waterloo
Season 1 Episode 2 of 6
Military historian Richard Holmes describes the 1815 Battle of Waterloo, visiting fields and farms in Belgium where the confrontation took place. Napoleon's mighty French army suffered a decisive defeat at the hands of a combined British and Prussian force, which brought one of the most powerful European empires since Roman times crashing down
War Walks airs on BBC Four HD at 7:30 PM, Tuesday 10 June. (Subtitles.)
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Documentary
Richard Holmes
Presenter
Steven Clarke
Director