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  1. The British Empire at the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. A key element in British success was its ability to mobilize the nation's industrial and financial resources and apply them to defeating France. With a population of 16 million Britain was barely half the size of France with 30 million.

  2. United Kingdom: 125,000 killed in action (300,000 total dead) Portugal: up to 250,000 total dead or missing including civilians; Italy: 120,000 total dead or missing including civilians; Ottoman Empire: 50,000 total dead or missing

  3. This is a list of conflicts involving the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its predecessor states (the Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland and generally the British Isles ). Notable militarised interstate disputes are included.

    Conflict
    Britain & Allies
    Britain's Opposition
    Outcome
    The Great Northern War (1700–1721)
    Swedish Empire Ottoman Empire United ...
    Tsardom of Russia Kalmyk Khanate Cossack ...
    Inconclusive for Great Britain Britain ...
    The War of the Spanish Succession ...
    Austria Dutch Republic Savoy Great ...
    France Spain Bavaria
    British victory Treaty of Utrecht: Philip ...
    Civil war: Post-Spanish Succession ...
    Anglo-American-Caribbean privateers ...
    Civil war, British victory Piracy ...
    Civil war: (1715–1716) Jacobite rising of ...
    Civil war, British victory Jacobite ...
  4. The British Army during the Napoleonic Wars experienced a time of rapid change. At the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793, the army was a small, awkwardly administered force of barely 40,000 men. [1] . By the end of the period, the numbers had vastly increased. At its peak, in 1813, the regular army contained over 250,000 men. [2] .

    Conflict
    Britain & Allies
    Britain's Opposition
    Outcome
    The Great Northern War (1700–1721)
    Swedish Empire Ottoman Empire United ...
    Tsardom of Russia Kalmyk Khanate Cossack ...
    Inconclusive for Great Britain Britain ...
    The War of the Spanish Succession ...
    Austria Dutch Republic Savoy Great ...
    France Spain Bavaria
    British victory Treaty of Utrecht: Philip ...
    Civil war: Post-Spanish Succession ...
    Anglo-American-Caribbean privateers ...
    Civil war, British victory Piracy ...
    Civil war: (1715–1716) Jacobite rising of ...
    Civil war, British victory Jacobite ...
  5. The Napoleonic Wars. The Napoleonic Wars were massive in their geographic scope, ranging, as far as Britain was concerned, over all of the five continents. They were massive, too, in terms of expense. From 1793 to the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815 the wars cost Britain more than £1,650,000,000.

  6. External links. Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom. Napoleon 's planned invasion of the United Kingdom at the start of the War of the Third Coalition, although never carried out, was a major influence on British naval strategy and the fortification of the coast of southeast England.

  7. The Napoleonic Wars were fought during the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte over France. They started after the French Revolution ended, and Bonaparte became powerful in France in November 1799. War restarted between the United Kingdom and France in 1803 despite the Treaty of Amiens . The wars changed European military systems.