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I have noticed over recent months of trawling the internet for programmes, forums and the like about the Napoleonic Wars and Waterloo that there is a certain...anti-Wellingtonian feeling in many quarters.

The people who support said view take it upon themselves to belittle the Duke's career, accomplishments and abilities and attempt to rob him of the credit he's due for his exemplorary career.

His victories and campaigns in India are rubbished because they were against Indian Armies, his victories and campaigns on the Iberian Peninsula are rubbished because the Spanish and Portuguese Partisans contributed to the defeat of France there and the battles fought were not massive clashes of Army of over or around 100,000 men like the great battles in central Europe, and his part in the victory at Waterloo is rubbished because of Bluchers arrival.

So why does this anti-Wellingtonian feeling permiate in the modern world? Is there any reason for it beyond simply a bitter feeling from fanboys for the General who is most famous for the defeat of the biggest military superstar since Caeser?
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