Modern era · 1813 – 1814

War of the Sixth Coalition

The War of the Sixth Coalition (French: Guerre de la Sixième Coalition; December 1812 – May 1814), sometimes known in Germany as the Wars of Liberation (German: Befreiungskriege) saw a coalition of Austria, Prussia, Russia, Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Sweden, Sardinia, and a number of German states defeat the First French Empire and force Napoleon into exile on Elba.

War of the Sixth Coalition
War of the Sixth Coalition · "Geschichte des Husaren-Regiments von Zieten ( Brandenburgisches) Nr. 3" von Armand Freiherr v. Ardenne Berlin 1903., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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1813 – 1814
Where
Central Europe
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