orth back to France. Back in France, the French people met Napoleon with great joy. He was once again in command of France and took an army to meet German forces in the town of Waterloo, in Belgium. Napoleon’s army fought bravely but could not penetrate the city walls. Late in the afternoon, Prussian Troops arrived to aid the Germans. These new troops sent Napoleon’s army running through the fields and scattering. Napoleon was once and for all defeated. He had lost all of his men and his land.Some say the reason Napoleon was defeated was because he was too cocky, he went up against Russia, and then half of Europe. Others say the French Empire just plainly became too big for one man to control. Regardless of all these factors, Napoleon was a military genius. He single-handedly reshaped the way the modern world would have turned out. ...
