Wellington and Napoleon from the Battle of Waterloo

Pink 2022-11-24 08:24:44

This movie makes me inclined to believe what Fuller said in "Western Military History": "...Before this time, except for Archduke Charles, the enemies Napoleon faced were all generals whose talents were inferior to the average. , and the situation in Wellington is the same."
In all kinds of complicated situations, the British army held on to the end, and when reinforcements arrived, they were victorious.
Napoleon stubbornly believed that he could control everything and that as long as he had a perfect plan, the result would be perfect. But this is not the case in fact. The emperor just had a thought in his mind and was taken away by his fantasy, and even indulged in it.
Wellington is more like a general who combines practicality and vision. In fact, he has already made a name for himself in India, and has defeated the French army many times on the Iberian Peninsula. Knowing how to advance and retreat in the battle, he made full use of the "sluggish and tenacious" characteristics of the British army and made a defensive counterattack.

The British army in the film strictly forbids looting, which coincides with the description of the British army fighting on the peninsula in "West".

Britain had completed the Industrial Revolution at that time, was already a capitalist country, and should have been the freest country at the time, but prevented the capitalist revolution in France. The French revolution, however, used the method of aggression against other countries to "hit the feudal forces of European countries", and even used looting to obtain provisions in the Iberian Peninsula, which was different from the way the British army transported provisions from other places. .
One-sided summary of two points: 1. Democracies will not take the initiative to export democracy.
2. Reality reflects thinking and not the other way around.

Tucao: This film was actually shot in the Soviet Union, and the whole process is in English. . .

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Waterloo quotes

  • Napoleon Bonaparte: [after the defeat of the Prussians at Ligny] The field of honor is never a pretty sight. Nevertheless, sixteen thousand Prussian dead; that's good news to slap on the walls in Paris, eh?

  • Gen. August Gneisenau: [to Blucher on Wellington's request to move in the direction of Waterloo] If Wellington runs to the coast, none of us will make it home to Berlin. I do not trust the English, nonetheless because I have served you before, sir...

    Field Marshal Gebhard von Blucher: [Disgusted with Gneisenau] I am seventy-two and a proud soldier. This sword is steel! I am too old to break it.

    Gen. August Gneisenau: Very well, I have ordered the retreat to Wavre. You may still co-operate with the Wellington, but God help us if he does not stand.

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