Over two centuries ago 60,000 men were slaughtered in the Battle of Waterloo.

Napoleon Bonaparte's French army was finally defeated by the Almighty

coalition of troops led in part by the Duke of Wellington.

I'm your host James Rogers. This is the warfare

podcast and in this episode from the archives an old friend of the

podcast Zach White is back to tell us about his project Voices of the Battlefield,

an oral history project featuring 41 readings

of eyewitness testimony from the campaign.

Zach and Dan discuss the battle and here accounts ranging from a 10 year old

triangle player remembering the chaos of the battlefield to Wellington's own

remorse at the horrific bloodshed. I know you're going to find this one truly fascinating.

Enjoy.

Thank you very much coming on the podcast.

It's a pleasure to be here.

Thanks for having me.

June 2015, it all began with the first ever history hit

podcast of the Battle of Waterloo.

So it's really good to be discussing it again,

but with a bit of a difference, you've picked out some primary sources,

some oral history, and it'd be good to hear those and then discuss them.

Battle of Waterloo, June 1815, Napoleon's final battle, thought to be one of the most decisive battles in history,

explained to me briefly what Napoleon was hoping to achieve by engaging with the Allied Army

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