Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Start tilbuddet
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

Blucher and the Uprising of Prussia Against Napoleon: 1806-1815

Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Historie

Blucher is chiefly known to English readers as the man who came to Wellington's aid at Waterloo. The object of the present volume is to show that he had a separate existence of his own and performed other great deeds in the cause that are equally deserving of praise. Strange that he has never been made the subject of an English biography and that of his German lives none have been translated into English! The present work cannot pretend altogether to fill the gap, as the plan of the series, if I have understood it rightly, is to treat the movement as fully as the man. I shall feel a certain satisfaction if I can succeed in establishing Blucher in his rightful position, as the peer of Wellington in all that concerns the overthrow of Napoleon. "You forget Wellington's Spanish campaigns," I shall be told. "You in turn forget” I shall answer, "that Blucher was the one progressive, inspiring element among the leaders of the allied armies from the year 1813 on." Without Blucher's decision to cross the Elbe at Wartenburg there would have been no battle of Leipzig without his cutting loose from Schwarzenberg in March, 1814, there would have been no closing in of the allies on Paris without his brave endurance at Ligny in spite of the non-arrival of the promised reinforcements, Wellington would have been overwhelmed at Quatre-Bras and there would have been no Waterloo. No time could be more favourable than the present for writing a work on Blucher, seeing that it is the centenary of the great events in which he played a part. This fact has given the impetus to a whole new literature on the subject based very largely on new material from the war archives. In a splendid series of works all the campaigns have been treated objectively and critically and in such detail that we can follow the movements of each army literally from day to day. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

© 2020 Hesperides Press (E-bog): 9781528760140

Release date

E-bog: 1. december 2020

Andre kan også lide...

  1. Stanley Spencer's Great War Diary, 1915–1918 Stanley Spencer
  2. The History of the Russo-Japanese War: Complete History of the Conflict: From Causes of the War and Korean Campaign to the Peace Treaty Sydney Tyler
  3. Two Minutes to Midnight: 1953 – The Year of Living Dangerously Roger Hermiston
  4. A New Excalibur: The Development of the Tank 1909–1939 A. J. Smithers
  5. Etaples: Britain's Notorious Infantry Base Depot, 1914–1919 Stephen Wynn
  6. H-Bombs and Hula Girls: Operation Grapple 1957 and the last Royal Navy Gunroom at sea Michael Johnston
  7. Fleet Air Arm Boys: True Tales from Royal Navy Men and Women Air and Ground Crew Steve Bond
  8. With the German Guns: Four Years on the Western Front Herbert Sulzbach
  9. What is the True Price of Freedom Mario Bekes
  10. Waterloo: The Defeat of Napoleon's Imperial Guard: Henry Clinton, the 2nd Division and the End of a 200-year Old Controversy Gareth Glover
  11. The Kaiser's Cruisers, 1871–1918 Aidan Dodson
  12. Bomber Command's War Against Germany: Planning the RAF's Bombing Offensive in WWII and its Contribution to the Allied Victory An Official History
  13. In My Father's Footsteps: With the 53rd Welsh Division from Normandy to Hamburg Gwilym Davies
  14. The Deadly Stroke Warren Tute
  15. Howard Pixton: Test Pilot & Pioneer Aviator: The Biography of the First British Schneider Trophy Winner Stella Pixton
  16. Prisoners on Cannock Chase: Great War PoWs & Brockton Camp Richard Pursehouse
  17. Screwball Express Kenneth H. Cassens
  18. The Last Dawn: The Royal Oak Tragedy at Scapa Flow David Turner
  19. Co. Aytch: Maury Grays First Tennessee Regiment (Civil War Memoir): An Insider's View of Civil War Sacrifices and Struggles Samuel R. Watkins
  20. Ships from Hell: Japanese War Crimes on the High Seas Raymond Lamont-Brown
  21. Charging Against Napoleon: Diaries & Letters of Three Hussars Eric Hunt
  22. In Peace and War: A History of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point Jeffrey L. Cruikshank
  23. The Emperor's Guest John Fletcher-Cooke
  24. Thirteen Months in Dixie, or, the Adventures of a Federal Prisoner in Texas: Including the Red River Campaign, Imprisonment at Camp Ford, and Escape Overland to Liberated Shreveport, 1864-1865 W. F. Oscar Federhen
  25. Today is a Good Day to Fight: The Indian Wars and the Conquest of the West Dr Mark Felton
  26. Burn, Bomb, Destroy: The German Sabotage Campaign in North America, 1914–1917 Michael Digby
  27. The Kaiser's Escapees: Allied POW escape attempts during the First World War Philip D. Chinnery
  28. The Butcher of Casablanca Abdelilah Hamdouchi
  29. Dawn of Victory, Thank You China!: Star Shell Reflections, 1918–1919 Jim Maultsaid
  30. Dodge WC54 Ambulance Fabien Raud
  31. Major Cotterell at Arnhem: A War Crime and a Mystery Jennie Gray
  32. Nursing Through Shot & Shell: A Great War Nurse's Story Vivien Newman
  33. Pharaoh Alexei Mukhin
  34. Where Were You When President Kennedy Was Shot?: Memories and Tributes to a Slain President Abigail Van Buren
  35. Hurricanes in Action Worldwide! Adrian Stewart
  36. Camel Combat Ace: The Great War Flying Career of Edwin Swale CBE OBE DFC* Barry M. Marsden
  37. Hellcats of the Sea: Operation Barney and the Mission to the Sea of Japan Charles A. Lockwood
  38. Seattle Prohibition: Bootleggers, Rumrunners, & Graft in the Queen City Brad Holden
  39. RAF at the Crossroads: The Second Front and Strategic Bombing Debate, 1942–1943 Greg Baughen
  40. Veteran Volunteer: Memoir of the Trenches, Tanks & Captivity, 1914–1919 Jamie Vans
  41. Pioneers of Armour in the Great War Michael K Cecil
  42. British Military Operations in Aden and Radfan: 100 Years of British Colonial Rule Nicholas van der Bijl
  43. Armageddon's Walls: British Pill Boxes, 1914–1918 Peter Oldham
  44. Australian Hawk Over the Western Front: A Biography of Major R S Dallas DSO, DSC, C de G avec Palme Adrian Hellwig
  45. One Lucky Devil: The First World War Memoirs of Sampson J. Goodfellow Sampson J. Goodfellow
  46. RAF Liberator over the Eastern Front: A Bomb Aimer's Second World War and Cold War Story Jim Auton
  47. John Murray's Diary 1914-1918: Australia in the Great War Steve Wilson

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis
Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Start tilbuddet