Napoleon was defeated by a coalition of European powers rather than by a single person or country, with his final defeat coming from the Seventh Coalition in 1815. After his rise from 1799, Napoleon defeated many individual armies, but he was ultimately worn down by continuous coalition warfare. His first major setback was the failed invasion of Russia in 1812, where the Russian Army, winter, and logistics destroyed his Grande Armee, with Russian generals Kutuzov and Barclay de Tolly leading the defense. The decisive defeat in Germany was the Battle of Leipzig in 1813, known as the Battle of the Nations, where the armies of Russia, Prussia, Austria, and Sweden combined to defeat him. His first abdication in 1814 was forced by the Sixth Coalition led by Britain, Russia, Prussia, and Austria advancing on Paris. After escaping from Elba, his final defeat was at the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815, where the British-led Allied army under the Duke of Wellington and the Prussian army under Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher fought together to defeat him. Wellington held the defensive line throughout the day until Blucher's Prussians arrived to flank the French. So Napoleon was defeated collectively by Britain, Prussia, Russia, Austria, and other allies, with Wellington and Blucher delivering the final blow at Waterloo.
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