Britain Tries to Dodge Its Own Waterloo in Tangled EU Debate
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Two hundred years ago on Thursday, German, Dutch, Flemish, Walloon, Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English troops defeated Napoleon at Waterloo and ended France’s bid for European conquest.
No, the Duke of Wellington didn’t do it on his own. While popular history credits him with a glorious British triumph, Waterloo was actually coalition warfare at its finest -- a lesson often lost in today’s Britain as it struggles with questions of national pride and its place in Europe.