In this masterly study of 1815, Peter Hofschröer challenges the accepted version of events at the battle of Waterloo. He demonstrates convincingly that Allied victory hinged on the contribution of German soldiers.

Drawing on previously unpublished accounts, Hofschröer gives not only the Prussian perspective of their march to Waterloo and decisive attack on Napoleon’s flank, but also details of the actions fought by some of the 25,000 Germans in Wellington’s ‘British’ army – more than a third of the Duke’s force.

A gripping narrative of astonishing detail captures such key episodes of Waterloo as La Haye Sainte, Papelotte, Hougoumont and the Prussian struggle with the Imperial Guard for Plancenoit. In addition, Hofschröer examines the battle at Wavre, the Allied offensive into France, the taking of Paris and the sieges across northern France.

1815: The Waterloo Campaign – The German Victory is a definitive work on an epic confrontation by a leading military writer. Peter Hofschröer's book ‘Wellington’s Smallest Victory’ will also be published by Faber and Faber Ltd. He is also the author of 1815: The Waterloo Campaign: Wellington, his German Allies and the Battles of Ligny and Quatre Bras.

‘His research from German archives and published sources, as well as previously unpublished accounts including the Duke of Wellinton's records presents an entirely new perspective on these events. ... Like him or hate him, agree or disagree, one cannot disregard or ignore Peter Hofschröer's work.' – Military Modelling

‘The fundamental question that must be answered in any book review is whether or not the author accomplished what he set out to do, which in this case was to give proper credit to the role of German troops, and in particular Field Marshal Blücher's Prussians, in defeating Napoleon during the Campaign of 1815. Here I think the answer is a definite yes.’ – The Age of Napoleon

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