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The Congress of Vienna Reorganizes Germany

Of these committees the most important was that which reorganized Germany.Continuing The Congress of Vienna 1814-15,our selection from

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The division between the great powers was caused by the desire of Russia and Prussia for the aggrandizement of their territories.Continuing The

This series has six easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: France Still a Major Power.IntroductionThe upheavals of the French

Today's installment concludes The Battle of Waterloo,the name of our combined selection from Wolfgang Menzel, William Siborne, and Victor Hugo. The

Everybody knows Napoleon’s awful mistake: Grouchy expected, Blucher coming up; death instead of life.Continuing The Battle of Waterloo,with a

The cuirassiers annihilated seven squares out of thirteen, captured or spiked sixty guns and took six English regimental ﬂags.Continuing The Battle

It was time for this vast man to fall; his excessive weight in human destiny disturbed the balance.Continuing The Battle of Waterloo,with a

Wellington, on seeing Waterloo two years afterward, exclaimed, “My battleﬁeld has been altered.”Continuing The Battle of Waterloo,with a selection

Imagine a vast undulating ground; each ascent is commanded by the next ascent and all the undulations ascend to Mont St. Jean, where they form the