Facing the strong and confident armies of Russia; Prussia; Austria and Sweden; Napoleon had only the bravery of his conscripts and his own fabled mastery of the battlefield to confuse and shatter his opponents. Napoleon inflicted a heavy defeat on the allies at Dresden; only to have it thrown away in the disaster at Kulm; and by his marshals' failures at the battles of the Katzbach; Gross-Beeren; and Dennewitz.Napoleon at Dresden is a panoramic view of the theater of war in Germany over August 1813. Not only covering these five great battles; it also pays close attention to the smaller battles and skirmishes; often critical for the course of the campaign; but many times only the testing ground of a forgotten regiment. The generalship of not only Napoleon is seen; but also that of his lieutenants; such as the famed Ney and the forceful Vandamme; as well as his opponents; the coalition manager Schwarzenberg; the turncoat Bernadotte; and the aggressive Blucher.August 1813 was the most active month of campaigning of the Napoleonic wars. Prepared from hundreds of sources; this is the most thorough study of the Dresden campaign ever written. You can now study and understand the repercussions of these fateful battles with Napoleon at Dresden.
#3014181 in Books 1995-01-01Original language:English 7.28 x .59 x 9.25l; 1.14 #File Name: 0952423308186 pages
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