The Campaign in Bohemia, 1866
Author | : George J. Robert Glünicke |
Publisher | : London : S. Sonenschein ; New York : Macmillan Company |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : Austro-Italian War, 1866 |
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Author | : George J. Robert Glünicke |
Publisher | : London : S. Sonenschein ; New York : Macmillan Company |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : Austro-Italian War, 1866 |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sir Neill Malcolm |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Austro-Italian War, 1866 |
ISBN | : |
Author | : J. H. Anderson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2019-01-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781783314782 |
Useful and reliable primer that gives a clear analytical account of this mid-19thC conflict. The Prussian Army used von Dreyse's breech-loading needle gun, which could be rapidly loaded while the soldier was seeking cover on the ground, whereas the Austrian muzzleloading rifles could only be loaded slowly, and generally from a standing position.
Author | : S. Gore-Brown |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781906033057 |
This clear-sighted account provides a concise study of the performance and tactics of the Prussian artillery during the Campaign in Bohemia against the Austrians and Saxons in 1866. Following a brief introduction on the equipment used, the author provides an admirable précis of tactical considerations, followed by a chronological narrative of the chief battles, describing, for each, the role and performance of the Prussian artillery.
Author | : Geoffrey Wawro |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521629515 |
This is a history of the Austro-Prussian-Italian War of 1866, which paved the way for German and Italian unification. It is based upon extensive new research in the state and military archives of Austria, Germany, and Italy. Geoffrey Wawro describes Prussia's successful invasion of Habsburg Venetia, and the wretched collapse of the Austrian army in July 1866. Although the book gives a thorough accounting of both the Prussian and Italian war efforts, it is most notable for the light it sheds on the Austrians. Through painstaking archival research, Wawro reconstructs the Austrian campaign, blow-by-blow, hour-by-hour. Blending military and social history, he describes the terror and panic that overtook Austria's regiments of the line in each clash with the Prussians. He reveals the unconscionable blundering of the Austrian commandant and his chief deputies who fumbled away key strategic advantages and ultimately lost a war - crucial to the fortunes of the Habsburg Monarchy - that most European pundits had predicted they would win.
Author | : Gordon A. Craig |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2003-03-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780812218442 |
Königgrätz, a city overlooking the river Elbe, was a western strongpoint of the Austrian Empire. On the morning of July 3, 1866, Prussia attacked the city against high odds and defeated the Austrian army in a single day, despite the Austrian advantage in heavy artillery and command of the high ground. The fall of Königgrätz transferred power over the German states from Austria to Prussia, marking the beginning of the German nation, a political consequence considered to be among the most important of any conflict in modern history. The battle for the city of Königgrätz—now called Hradec Králové, located in the Czech Republic—was the largest of its time, with nearly half a million troops involved. It was also the first battle where the outcome was directly determined by the availability of new technologies, including the railroad, telegraph, cast steel rifled cannon, and breech-loading rifle. It also marked a lesson in the fallacy of dependence on technology at the expense of sound strategy. In this full account, distinguished historian Gordon A. Craig discusses the state of political affairs surrounding the battle, the personalities involved, the weaponry, and the tactics in order to recreate the battlefield in all its complexity.
Author | : George J Robert Glünicke |
Publisher | : Legare Street Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-07-18 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781020044496 |
A thorough and engaging account of the Austro-Prussian War, with a focus on the conflict in Bohemia. Drawing on firsthand sources and military records, George J. Robert Glünicke provides a detailed chronicle of the battles, strategies, and political maneuvering that defined this pivotal moment in European history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author | : Arthur L. Wagner |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 110 |
Release | : 2018-04-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3732639436 |
Reproduction of the original: The Campaign of Königgrätz by Arthur L. Wagner
Author | : Quintin Barry |
Publisher | : Helion |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781909384965 |
"Before the War of 1866 the name Helmuth von Moltke was scarcely known outside the Prussian army ... This book follows Moltke's part in the course of the campaign at the end of which his name had become a household word. It traces his rise to the position of Chief of the General Staff, against the background of the political situation of Prussia in the middle of the 19th Century, and the way in which he developed the functions of the General Staff."--Inside cover
Author | : Martin van Creveld |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521297936 |
Why did Napoleon succeed in 1805 but fail in 1812? Were the railways vital to Prussia's victory over France in 1870? Was the famous Schlieffen Plan militarily sound? Could the European half of World War II have been ended in 1944? These are only a few of the questions that form the subject-matter of this meticulously researched, lively book. Drawing on a very wide range of unpublished and previously unexploited sources, Martin van Creveld examines the 'nuts and bolts' of war: namely, those formidable problems of movement and supply, transportation and administration, so often mentioned - but rarely explored - by the vast majority of books on military history. In doing so he casts his net far and wide, from Gustavus Adolphus to Rommel, from Marlborough to Patton, subjecting the operations of each to a thorough analysis from a fresh and unusual point of view. The result is a fascinating book that has something new to say about virtually every one of the most important campaigns waged in Europe during the last two centuries.