Analysis of the Battle of Waterloo and Napoleon's Course of Action with the Janus Combat Modeling Simulation.

Abstract

This project is an historical of the analysis of the battle of Waterloo with combat simulations. We recreated the decisive phase of the battle: the charge of the French cavalry at 1600 hrs on 18 June 1815. We will model the military actions at the battle of Waterloo with the Janus combat simulation program. We modeled the French and British Army organizational structure and tactics. Weapon systems modeling including rated of fire, ranges, basic loads, probability of hits and kills speed. We verified the results of due combat simulation with what actually occurred to validate the simulation. After which, we modeled different assumptions the French commanders could have made and evaluate the possible outcome.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA361076

Entities

People

  • Didier Hubert
  • Samuel E. Machac

Organizations

  • United States Military Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Ammunition Fragments
  • Artillery
  • Artillery Fire
  • Artillery Units
  • Combat Simulations
  • Databases
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Organizational Structure
  • Simulations
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States Military Academy
  • Urban Areas
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

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  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.