Author: Peter Hamish Wilson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199642540
Category : Lützen, Battle of, Lützen, Germany, 1632
Languages : en
Pages : 271
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The story of Lutzen, one of the most famous battles of the cataclysmic Thirty Years' War - how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it has come to mean.
Author: Peter Hofschröer
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1846035422
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Following the disastrous Russian campaign of 1812, Napoleon found himself facing a new coalition of his old enemies. This fully illustrated, detailed account explores two key battles of strategic importance for the emperor. With incredible speed he raised an army of 200,000 men and marched to join the remnants of the old Grande Armee in Germany. However, he no longer faced the brittle enemies of 1805 and 1806 and at Lützen on 2 May the inexperience of his new army began to show. Faulty reconnaissance by raw cavalry allowed Ney's Corps to be surprised by Wittgenstein's Russians. This book describes the last realistic chance Napoleon had to regain his empire by defeating the allies in Germany before Austria stirred and the tide turned even more against him.
Author: Theodore Ayrault Dodge
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 894
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Author: Alice Harriet Frederica Byng (Countess of Strafford.)
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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Author: Alice Harriet F. Byng (countess of Strafford.)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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Author: Richard Brzezinski
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Initially a religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Germany, the Thirty Years War raged across Europe between 1618 and 1648, devastating huge areas of Germany in particular. By 1632 the Protestant powers were in dire straits, until King Gustavus Adolphus II of Sweden came to their rescue.
Author: Theodore Ayrault Dodge
Publisher:
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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Author: Peter H. Wilson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019252805X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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The Thirty Years' War (1618-48) was Europe's most destructive conflict prior to the two world wars. Two of European history's greatest generals faced each other at Lützen in November 1632, mid-way through this terrible war. Neither achieved his objective. Albrecht von Wallenstein withdrew his battered imperial army at nightfall, unaware that his opponent, King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, had died a few hours earlier. The indecisive military outcome found an immediate echo in image and print, and became the object of political and historical disputes. Swedish propaganda swiftly fostered the lasting image of the king's sacrifice for the Protestant cause against the spectre of Catholic Habsburg 'universal monarchy'. The standard assumption that the king had 'met his death in the hour of victory' became integral to how Gustavus Adolphus's contribution to modern warfare has been remembered, even celebrated, while the study of Lützen's wider legacy shows how such events are constantly rewritten as elements of propaganda, religious and national identity, and professional military culture. The battle's religious and political associations also led to its adoption as a symbol by those advocating German unification under Prussian leadership. The battlefield remains a place of pilgrimage to this day and a site for the celebration of Protestant German and Nordic culture. This book is the first to combine analysis of the battle itself with an assessment of its cultural, political and military legacy, and the first to incorporate recent archaeological research within a reappraisal of the events and their significance. It challenges the accepted view that Lützen is a milestone in military development, arguing instead that its impact was more significant on the cultural and political level.
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1070
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Author: Hugh Chisholm
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 2066
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