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In 1815, the deposed emperor Napoleon returned to France and threatened the already devastated and exhausted continent w

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The longest afternoon: the 400 men who decided the Battle of Waterloo
 9780465039944, 0465039944, 9780465064823, 0465064825

Table of contents :
Prelude --
For King and Fatherland --
A Tragedy of Errors --
Bolting the Barn Door --
Inferno --
Hand to Hand --
"Heat and centre of the strife" --
Legacy : A "German Victory"?

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