Shares in Waterloo: No greedy individual or group of greedy jews played a more central role in shaping the evolution of modern money than the Rothschilds. The entire history of modern money and its unfailing relationship with Gold can be traced back to one decisive battle in Europe that may have shaped the entire human history: The battle of Waterloo of June 18th 1815. It was during this battle that Nathan Rothschild, a popular banker and bonds trader, leveraged the information about the outcome of the battle of waterloo to carry out the largest financial coup that saw him take control of the stock market and even the bank of England