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The 31 pages that link to Battle of Waterloo, each with the reason it gives.

• Napoleon BonaparteBroader topic: It closed the Hundred Days and led to his final exile.

• Napoleonic WarsBroader topic: Waterloo ended Napoleon’s rule and removed the prospect of another French military resurgence.

• Peninsular WarCompared with: It ended Napoleon's rule, whereas the Peninsular War had already drained French forces for years.

• Bourbon RestorationBroader topic: Napoleon’s defeat cleared the way for the Bourbons’ second return to France.

• Prussian ArmyRelated: Prussian forces under Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher helped secure the coalition victory.

• Hundred DaysBroader topic: The defeat ended Napoleon’s attempt to rule France again.

• Battle of BorodinoCompared with: Unlike Borodino, Waterloo produced a decisive battlefield defeat and Napoleon’s immediate political collapse.

• Cavalry chargeRelated: French cavalry charges against formed infantry show how disciplined defenders could withstand mounted attacks.

• War of the Third CoalitionCompared with: Waterloo ended Napoleon's rule, contrasting with the peak of his power after Austerlitz.

• Gebhard Leberecht von BlücherBroader topic: Blücher’s arrival with Prussian troops helped turn Wellington’s defensive stand into victory.

• War of the Sixth CoalitionRelated: It completed the military defeat begun by the coalition’s 1813–1814 campaign.

• Georgian eraBroader topic: Its outcome ended the Napoleonic Wars during the Regency.

• Napoleonic eraBroader topic: Waterloo ended Napoleon’s final return to power and the era’s military struggle.

• Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814)Related: It ended Napoleon’s restored rule after he left Elba.

• Treaty of Paris (1815)Broader topic: The defeat made a new settlement with France possible.

• Michel NeyRelated: Ney commanded French forces in Napoleon’s final defeat, amid disputes over his battlefield decisions.

• Decisive battleBroader topic: Its result ended Napoleon’s return to power and closed the Napoleonic Wars.

• Infantry squareBroader topic: British and allied infantry squares helped withstand French cavalry assaults.

• Battle of VitoriaRelated: Wellington’s command at Vitoria formed part of the military career that culminated at Waterloo.

• Battle of the AlmaCompared with: It was another decisive coalition victory, but occurred in a different war and military era.

• Battle of ValmyCompared with: Waterloo ended a French imperial campaign, while Valmy preserved a revolutionary republic.

• Pax BritannicaBroader topic: Its outcome ended Napoleon’s rule and cleared the way for a European settlement.

• Walloon BrabantBroader topic: Its battlefield lies in Walloon Brabant.

• Battle of LignyRelated: Ligny weakened but did not eliminate the Prussians who later joined the fight at Waterloo.

• Jean-de-Dieu SoultBroader topic: Soult’s role as chief of staff connected his career to Napoleon’s final defeat.

• Arthur WellesleyBroader topic: Wellington's defining victory ended Napoleon's return to power.

• Battle of UlmCompared with: Waterloo ended Napoleon’s rule, whereas Ulm marked the height of his early success.

• Étienne MacdonaldBroader topic: Macdonald was absent from Waterloo after rejecting Napoleon’s renewed command.

• The Charterhouse of ParmaBroader topic: Stendhal’s disorienting depiction of Fabrice near the battle rejects the view from heroic hindsight.

• French Revolutionary and Napoleonic WarsBroader topic: Its outcome ended Napoleon’s return to power and the wars.

• Neapolitan WarCompared with: Unlike Waterloo, Tolentino decided the fate of a kingdom rather than Napoleon’s return.