#WaterlooRemembered Day 4: Forgotten Foreign Forces - Prussia In the final installment of the Forgotten Foreign Forced triple bill, I speak to Vanya Bellinger about the vital role of the Prussians in the campaign, and how they have been written out of the Waterloo story. Please share widely and post your questions or comments. https://anchor.fm/the-napoleonicist/episodes/Waterloo-Remembered-Day-4-Forgotten-Foreign-Forces---Prussia-ef4s6d
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Just listening to the podcast I have to correct the statement, that the battle was known as "Belle Alliance" in Germany. Up to the end of the Kingdom of Hanover in 1866 the battle was always known as "Waterloo", after the annexation of Hanover by Prussia in 1866 the official name was "Belle Alliance", althoug guelphish circles stuck to "Waterloo". In 1899 Emperor Wilhelm II. gave the traditions of the Hanoverian army to some of the Prussian regiments from the province of Hanover, and from then on the battle was named "Waterloo" in Hanover. These Hanoverian regiments were the only ones with "Waterloo" as a battle honour on their Pickelhaube, all other Prussian regiments with a "Waterloo" tradition had "Belle Alliance" on their helmets.