Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/duke-wellington)
I was a history nerd growing up, and the first question I always asked myself when I read about the wars and battles was "who were the good guys and the bad guys." That can be a subjective question, but in every battle there's always a winner and a loser. Still, I always loved the idea of the good guys eventually winning at the end. As I've read about many battles, I started to realize that the side with the more noble intention eventually won the eventual conflict. For example the allies won World War 2 against the evil Axis powers.
The picture above shows the Duke of Wellington, the British general leading his troops against the French forces. France was under the control of Napoleon, who was intent on dominating all of Europe as a dictator. The Duke of Wellington had more noble intentions of preserving democracy, against a tyrant. The battle was hard fought and bloody, but the the British emerged victorious in the battle at the end. What's interesting about the battle is that, there was some miscommunication among the French forces, which caused confusion and that led to their defeat. In this conflict the "good guys" won, and the evil dictator was defeated. The British troops became known as Wellington's Heroes.
In my next blog post, I am going to talk about how the same Wellington's Heroes later found themselves on the wrong side of history in a future battle against America.
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