After his stupendous rise to emperor, it was the British who smashed his navy at ... The Duke of Wellington and Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher stopped him at Waterloo ...

Bluecher: the Prussian veteran - The arrival of Prussia's Field Marshal Bluecher at Waterloo in support of the British put an end to Napoleon's remaining hopes of victory. Born on December 16 ...

the just-in-time arrival of Field Marshal Blücher’s Prussian army – is one of excitement, horror and heroism. However, Britain’s biggest contribution to Napoleon’s defeat was much less ...

The sprinkling of veterans, particularly the British and King's German ... some of whom had fought for Napoleon only the previous year. Field Marshal Blücher's Prussians came largely from German ...

Ridley Scott’s biopic ‘Napoleon’ topped the global box office ... When Daddy became a field marshal in 1763, his connections helped O’Hara rise up the ranks with lightning speed.

Napoleon was a brilliant general. However, even the most brilliant leaders risk failure and destruction if they fail to keep their enormous egos in check. Here's how Napoleon's war in Egypt collapsed.