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Napoleon Part 6: Showdown at Waterloo

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The Last Time You'll Ever See France

It will take an unusual nine days for Napoleon to reach England. On the 23rd, as he rounds the Bretton Island at Ushant, he stares landward wistfully. It's the last time you'll ever see France. There were huge arguments between the Brits and the Prussians in Paris in 1815. And Wellington wrote that if you want to execute Napoleon fine, but I will not be the executioner.

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