Question

Which of the following European powers had defeated Napoleon?
A. Britain
B. Prussia
C. Russia
D. All of these

Answer 1

Hint: Napoleon Bonaparte had fought around 70 battles and lost only 8 of them. The last battle that he fought and was defeated in was the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Even so, in his military conquests after his rise to power in 1799, he conquered almost the entirety of Europe.

Complete answer: The Battle of Leipzig is accounted as one of the major battles when Napoleon’s army was defeated. In 1912, the army of Napoleon had led an invasion of Russia which proved disastrous for them and they had to retreat. In 1913, the army was forced to retreat by the combined forces of Russia, Prussia, Austrian and Swedish troops which also came to be known as the Battle of Nations.
Before the Battle of Waterloo fought in 1915, the Austrians, British, Prussians and Russians had started to prepare for the war as they considered France as a great threat. Napoleon had prepared to do a pre-emptive strike but was defeated due to his bad health and indecisiveness in this battle by the Dutch, German, Prussian, British and Belgian armies.
Therefore, it can be said that all the above mentioned European powers had defeated Napoleon's army.
Thus. option (D) is the correct answer.

Note: Napoleon was not killed in the Battle of Waterloo but was exiled to the Island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic ocean. In the year 1821, at the age of 51, he died of stomach cancer on the same Island and his remains were brought to France only in 1840.