The Bavarian Army 1806-1813
Author : Peter Bunde
Publisher :
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 49,37 MB
Release : 2018-09
Category :
ISBN : 9783938447994
Author : Peter Bunde
Publisher :
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 49,37 MB
Release : 2018-09
Category :
ISBN : 9783938447994
Author : Henrich von Brandt
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 35,7 MB
Release : 2017-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1473882915
In the Legions of Napoleon recounts the adventures of an intrepid Polish soldier who fought for Napoleon the length and breadth of Europe. By the time he was twenty-five, Heinrich von Brandt had marched from Madrid to Moscow and had been severely wounded on three separate occasions. From 1808 to 1812 he was caught up in Napoleons attempt to subjugate Spain, fighting in battles, sieges including the siege of Saragossa and hunting and being hunted by merciless bands of guerrillas. In 1812 his unit took part in the crossing of the Niemen and the epic retreat from Moscow.In his extraordinary memoirs Brandt describes in great detail the actions in which he fought, the type of officers and men he served with, and the grueling campaigns in which they participated. He also gives fascinating insight into the minds of his comrades and superiors. This book is a must for every Napoleonic historian, enthusiast, and anyone who likes a good story of high adventure.
Author : Christopher Summerville
Publisher : Frontline Books
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 23,79 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1853675644
In the bitter winter of 1808, a small British force found itself outnumbered and outmanouevered by a French army led by none other than the emperor Napoleon. Faced with crushing defeat, the British, commanded by Sir John Moore, turned and began a legendary march through the snow and ice of northern Spain to freedom and escape. Napoleon, swearing that he would drive the British leopard into the sea, pursued and an epic was born.
Author : Manfred Beller
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 27,12 MB
Release : 2017-09-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9004344063
Of all European landscapes and regions, the Rhine is one of the most heavily overlaid with cultural and political meaning. Cradle of Romanticism, tourism, and the picturesque, bone of contention between the German and French spheres of cultural and geopolitical influence, the Rhine has attracted armies, artists, activists and tourists for centuries and has featured prominently the key writings of Europe’s literary and intellectual history from Byron to Lucien Febvre. This volume brings together eminent literary and cultural historians to present materials and analyses from various of the central nexus of European culture. The volume also contains a unique and comprehensive anthology of key texts (historical, poetical and polemical) related to the Rhineland and its contested position. Contributors are: Reinhard Baumann, Manfred Beller, Hans-Werner Breunig, Giovanna Cermelli, Joep Leerssen, Elmar Scheuren, Helmut J. Schneider, and Waldemar Zacharasiewicz.
Author : Charles Dalton
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 11,55 MB
Release : 1890
Category : Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815
ISBN :
Author : BRUNO. MUGNAI
Publisher : Helion
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,33 MB
Release : 2022-06-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781915070487
The period 1792-1815 was a pivotal moment in world history, but many accounts lack detail about Ottoman military developments. The book examines changes and development of the Ottoman army from the Napoleonic Campaign in Egypt until the Serbian uprisings in 1804-13 and 1815.
Author : Eli Filip Heckscher
Publisher :
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 15,20 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Continental System (Economic blockade)
ISBN :
Author : Dominic Lieven
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 44,77 MB
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0141947446
'A compulsive page-turner ... a triumph of brilliant storytelling ... an instant classic that is an awesome, remarkable and exuberant achievement' Simon Sebag Montefiore Winner of the Wolfson History Prize and shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize In the summer of 1812 Napoleon, the master of Europe, marched into Russia with the largest army ever assembled, confident that he would sweep everything before him. Yet less than two years later his empire lay in ruins, and Russia had triumphed. This is the first history to explore in depth Russia's crucial role in the Napoleonic Wars, re-creating the epic battle between two empires as never before. Dominic Lieven writes with great panache and insight to describe from the Russians' viewpoint how they went from retreat, defeat and the burning of Moscow to becoming the new liberators of Europe; the consequences of which could not have been more important. Ultimately this book shows, memorably and brilliantly, Russia embarking on its strange, central role in Europe's existence, as both threat and protector - a role that continues, in all its complexity, into our own lifetimes.
Author : Beatrice de Graaf
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 27,47 MB
Release : 2020-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1108842062
Europe was forged out of the ashes of the Napoleonic wars by means of a collective fight against revolutionary terror. The Allied Council created a culture of in- and exclusion, of people that were persecuted and those who were protected, using secret police, black lists, border controls and fortifications, and financed by European capital holders.
Author : Nigel Thomas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 16,63 MB
Release : 2012-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1780965516
In August 1914 the mobilization of Imperial Germany's 800,000-strong army ushered in the first great war of the modern age a war which still stands as the greatest slaughter of soldiers in history. That German Army is also the best example of a particular period of military thought, when virtually the whole manpower of the European nations was integrated into mass conscript armies, supported by several age categories of reservists and by dedicated industrial and transport systems. In this first of three volumes the author offers an extraordinary mass of information, in text and tables, illustrated by photographs and colour plates.