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Product Identifiers
PublisherPen & Sword Books The Limited
ISBN-101805001736
ISBN-139781805001737
eBay Product ID (ePID)12075871289
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Book TitleBroken Eagles - Napoleon and His German Allies in the 1813 Campaign : VOLUME I: Campaigns Overview, Bavaria, Saxony
Number of Pages496 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2025
TopicMilitary / Napoleonic Wars, Modern / 19th Century
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorJohn Gill
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal940.27343
SynopsisTraditional accounts of the campaigns of 1813 concentrate on the major powers: Napoleon's France versus Russia, joined successively by Prussia, Sweden and Austria, and how, as in the French catastrophe of 1812, early successes were transformed into ruinous defeat., Explores the role of the Rheinbund and its military campaigns in 1813, culminating in Napoleon's defeat. Traditional accounts of the campaigns of 1813 concentrate on the major powers: Napoleon's France versus Russia, joined successively by Prussia, Sweden and Austria, and how, as in the French catastrophe of 1812, early successes were transformed into ruinous defeat. However, the smaller German states in Napoleon's alliance system, the Confederation of the Rhine, or Rheinbund, also played an important part.Despite its significance, there are few books, especially in English, that explore the Rheinbund's creation, evolution and demise. This groundbreaking new work seeks to redress this. Based on years of research in archives across Germany and France, as well as battlefield visits, this unprecedented study provides the first comprehensive analysis of the confederation's military campaigns of 1813 - culminating in Napoleon's defeat and the collapse of his German alliance.Presented in two parts, this first volume opens with an overview of the Rheinbund as an institution, a summary of its brief history and an overview of the campaigns, battles and sieges of 1813. It then proceeds to a detailed examination of the activities of the armies of Saxony and Bavaria in this critical year. The second volume continues with an analysis of the forces of Württemberg, Baden and Hesse-Darmstadt, Westphalia and the multitude of smaller states that comprised the Rheinbund. Supplemented by more than 100 maps, charts and orders of battle, this is an essential reference work for any Napoleonic scholar and all those with an interest in the historical development of Germany.
