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What is the Battle of Waterloo and why is it called the “Battle of Battles”?
Yeah.
Welcome back to Finn vs. History. Horatio Goulds here. Hello. And it's the Battle of Waterloo. The greatest battle of all time. The Battle of Battles. The Battle of Battles. Yeah. The Club World Cup of Battles. Yeah. This does not get any better than this. Cole Palmer's involved. Cole Palmer's was at Waterloo, famously.
That's why he speaks like
that.
Yes. Because the injury sustained.
The injury sustained to his brain when he fell off a horse is why Cole Palmer speaks like that. This dad's if you've been with us the whole way, I d I don't know how you're gonna cope go going into normal life after the series ends.
This is almost granddad stuff. This is the dad of dads. This is this is the dad of the dad dads.
This is your dad's dad. This is your granddad. How are you gonna re enter normal life after you've been in the Napoleonic Wars for a month? Ten episodes. And now you know that when you get that sad train in to Waterloo Station, you know why it's called that now. Because of this battle. We needed a name for a station for the saddest franchise of British trains, South West Rail. Yeah.
Yes.
It is the most depressing franchise. Everyone on those trains look like they want to kill themselves.
Where are you going on Southwestern Rail?
We should replace um where wherever Chertsey with uh Belson and just give them a break. They all want to die on those trains.
Restart the camps for the type the community.
For commuters into Waterloo. Yeah.
Right. Yeah. I think it is the But that's a that's a compassionate Holocaust.
Yes. Right.
Holocaust is the wrong
word for
it. Yeah. Yeah. Jolo cost.
Jolly cost. The Jolo cost. Horatio Gould, Circa twenty twenty six. The jolly cost. His words. The job ecos. And in many ways, Waterloo is a jolly course. Yes, it is. Because uh it's a it's a bloodthirsty battle. But it's glorious. Fuck me, it's good reading. Yeah. My God. Has a has a battle ever been more glorious than this? No, I really don't think there has. Yeah. And it's after this that um, you know, th this is where we start all all Britain London sense of itself comes from, Waterloo, basically. Yeah. The architecture, the victory monuments. Yes, the victory
victor uh yeah, the victory monuments for sure.
Um so now we left off I would just say so the World
World War Two, part of the reason why we love World War Two is 'cause it has such a satisfying narrative, right? Mm-hmm and the Pontium at Wars, which I I wouldn't posit as being more interesting than World War Two, I would never say that, but it is underrated and it has a very satisfying narrative and this is as the culmination of all these years, it is sort of the perfect ending.
Yes. World War Two's ending is slightly too frantic. Whereas this is a f I mean it's like
ah
oh no Yeah
It's more like um and then he woke up sort of You know when you're wrong Yeah Yeah when you're writing a story something you're taught early on is don't end it was all a dream 'cause it's too easy. And it's kinda like that when you're like Night night
Uh in our last episode, Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Leipzig. Uh he then fought a fantastic rearguard action. Yes. Um uh because he's French and they're the gay side. Yeah. Uh and then he was uh sent into exile in Elba. Uh he was cucked while he was there because he's cucked wherever he goes. For sure. And he has now escaped exile.
You can't take the cuckoldry out of the Frenchman.
Thank you. You've nailed it. Say it again.
You can take the cuck out of France, but you can't take the cuckoldry out of the Frenchman.
And also the jolly cost. Two huge ghoulisms early on in the episode. So Napoleon uh is on the march through the south of France. My
mother's born in Cu Cuckfield, by the way.
Yes, Cuckfield. There's a great antiques um fair near Cuckfield called Arding Live, but we're getting sided. We're getting very much getting sighted. This is this is look, men have had ten wanks they've had eight wanks in a day. It's red raw. And they're now like, uh no, and please stop. What do you mean a ninth? But we're giving it to you fellas. The
moisturizer has run out.
Yeah?
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the Battle of Waterloo and why is it called the “Battle of Battles”?
0:06–13:00
2
How did Napoleon’s return from Elba set the stage for the Hundred‑Days campaign?
13:00–24:55
3
Why did Wellington choose the ridge at Hougemon (the “Gentle Slope”) for his defensive position?
24:55–35:28
4
What role did the Prussian army under Blücher play in turning the tide at Waterloo?
35:28–41:09
5
How did the French Imperial Guard’s final assault fail and what was its significance?
41:09–53:42
6
Why did Marshal Grouchy’s failure to pursue the Prussians become the decisive mistake?
53:42–55:41
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