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Battle of Wagram
  • 1809
  • Austria
  • War of the Fifth Coalition

Battle of Wagram

1809 battle during the War of the Fifth Coalition

Photo: Horace Vernet · Commons · Public domain · Cropped & Resized

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The Battle of Wagram was a military engagement of the Napoleonic Wars that ended in a costly but decisive victory for Emperor Napoleon's French and allied army against the Austrian army under the command of Archduke Charles of Austria-Teschen. The battle led to the breakup of the Fifth Coalition, the Austrian and British-led alliance against France. Wagram was the largest battle in European history up to that time.

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