Napoleon and the struggle for Germany : the Franco-Prussian War of 1813 / Michael V. Leggiere, University of North Texas.

Napoleon and the struggle for Germany : the Franco-Prussian War of 1813 / Michael V. Leggiere, University of North Texas.

9781107080515 (v. 1 ;) (hardcover)
1107080517 (v. 1 ;) (hardcover)
9781107080546 (v. 2 ;) (hardcover)
1107080541 (v. 2 ;) (hardcover)
9781107439733 (v. 1 ;) (paperback)
1107439736 (v. 1 ;) (paperback)
9781107439757 (v. 2 ;) (paperback)
1107439752 (v. 2 ;) (paperback)
9781107098091 (set)
1107098092 (set)

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

©2015

English

2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

DC236 .L443 2015

940.2/740943

"This is the first comprehensive history of the campaign that determined control of Germany following Napoleon's catastrophic defeat in Russia. Michael Leggiere reveals how, in the spring of 1813, Prussia, the weakest of the Great Powers, led the struggle against Napoleon as a war of national liberation. Using German, French, British, Russian, Austrian and Swedish sources, he provides a panoramic history which covers the full sweep of the battle for Germany from the mobilization of the belligerents, strategy and operations to coalition warfare, diplomacy and civil-military relations. He shows how Russian war weariness conflicted with Prussian impetuosity, resulting in the crisis that almost ended the Sixth Coalition in early June. In a single campaign, Napoleon drove the Russo-Prussian army from the banks of the Saale to the banks of the Oder. The Russo-Prussian alliance was perilously close to imploding only to be saved at the eleventh-hour by an armistice"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

v.1-v.2

Cambridge military histories.

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