article_snippet.sent: Research has revealed that three out of four people have little or no knowledge about the Battle of Waterloo.
article_snippet.sent: Only just over half (53 per cent) know the Duke of Wellington Wellington led British forces, while one in seven believe that it was the French who were victorious in 1815.
article_snippet.sent: Veeker's rendering of the battle between Wellington's Anglo-Dutch army and the French: Forty-seven per cent of 2,070 adults polled said Veeker's rendering of the battle between Wellington's Anglo-Dutch army and the French: Forty-seven per cent of 2,070 adults polled didn't know who led British forces against France in the Battle of Waterloo .
article_snippet.sent: The survey, by the National Army Museum ahead of the 200th anniversary on June 18, also showed that young people are more likely to associate Waterloo with the London railway station or the Abba song than the Battle of Waterloo – with one in eight of those aged 18-24 saying young people'd never heard of it.
article_snippet.sent: Forty-seven per cent of 2,070 adults polled said young people didn't know, or young people thought the man in charge was either Sir Francis Drake, Sir Winston Churchill, King Arthur or even Harry Potter's wizardry mentor Albus Dumbledore.
article_snippet.sent: More than a quarter of all the people polled (28 per cent) have no idea who won the Battle of Waterloo, while one in seven (14 per cent) wrongly believe the French were victorious over British.
article_snippet.sent: Two-thirds (67 per cent) are unaware that June 18th this year is the bicentenary of Waterloo.
article_snippet.sent: Janice Murray, Director-General at the National Army Museum, said: 'Despite the Battle of Waterloo Waterloo being an iconic moment in British history, UK public awareness is dramatically low. '
article_snippet.sent: Young people were also likely to associate the battle with the London Station, with one in eight of those aged 18-24 saying Young people'd never heard of the Battle of Waterloo .
highlights_snippet.sent: At Waterloo bicentenary, research shows adults know little about the Battle of Waterloo .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Only just over half polled knew the Duke of Wellington led British forces .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: One in eight between 18-24 said British forces had never heard of the Battle of Waterloo .
  