Franco Prussian War 1870 1871 Volume 1

Author : Quintin Barry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 1906033455

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Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871 by Quintin Barry Pdf

In the first part of this comprehensive all-new two-volume military history of the Franco-Prussian War, Quintin Barry presents a detailed account of the war against the French Imperial Army waged by the armies of the German Confederation, directed by that supreme military mind, Helmuth von Moltke. The author places Moltke and his strategic planning in the context of the European balance of power following the ending of the Austria Prussian War of 1866, before exploring the initial mobilization and deployment of the armies in 1870. All of the battles of this opening round of the war are described in detail, including Weissenburg, Worth, Spicheren, Borny-Colombey, Mars la Tour, Gravelotte, Beaumont and, of course, Sedan. The book ends as the Second Empire of Napoleon III lies defeated, crushed by the German armies directed by von Moltke. The author has made full use of an extensive number of German and French language sources. His detailed text is accompanied by a number of black and white illustrations and battle maps. Orders of battle are also provided.

Author : Quintin Barry
Publisher : Helion and Company
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781907677588

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Franco-Prussian War 1870–1871, Volume 1 by Quintin Barry Pdf

The first volume of this comprehensive study of the Franco-Prussian War presents a detailed account of Germany Confederation’s decisive victory over France. In the first part of this two-volume military history, Quintin Barry examines the war against the French Imperial Army waged by the armies of the German Confederation, directed by that supreme military mind, Helmuth von Moltke. Barry places Moltke and his strategic planning in the context of the European balance of power following the ending of the Austria Prussian War in 1866. He then explores the initial mobilization and deployment of the armies in 1870. All the battles of this opening round of the war are described in detail, including Weissenburg, Worth, Spicheren, Borny-Colombey, Mars la Tour, Gravelotte, Beaumont and, of course, Sedan. The book ends as the Second Empire of Napoleon III lies defeated, crushed by the German armies. Barry has made full use of an extensive number of German and French language sources. His detailed text is accompanied by a number of black and white illustrations and newly drawn battle maps. Orders of battle are also provided.

Author : Michael Howard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005-12-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134972197

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The Franco-Prussian War by Michael Howard Pdf

In 1870 Bismarck ordered the Prussian Army to invade France, inciting one of the most dramatic conflicts in European history. It transformed not only the states-system of the Continent but the whole climate of European moral and political thought. The overwhelming triumph of German military might, evoking general admiration and imitation, introduced an era of power politics, which was to reach its disastrous climax in 1914. First published in 1961 and now with a new introduction, The Franco-Prussian War is acknowledged as the definitive history of one of the most dramatic and decisive conflicts in the history of Europe.

Author : Geoffrey Wawro
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0521584361

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The Franco-Prussian War by Geoffrey Wawro Pdf

Wawro describes the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1, that violently changed the course of European history.

Author : Michael V. Leggiere
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780806180175

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Napoleon and Berlin by Michael V. Leggiere Pdf

At a time when Napoleon needed all his forces to reassert French dominance in Central Europe, why did he fixate on the Prussian capital of Berlin? Instead of concentrating his forces for a decisive showdown with the enemy, he repeatedly detached large numbers of troops, under ineffective commanders, toward the capture of Berlin. In Napoleon and Berlin, Michael V. Leggiere explores Napoleon’s almost obsessive desire to capture Berlin and how this strategy ultimately lost him all of Germany. Napoleon’s motives have remained a subject of controversy from his own day until ours. He may have hoped to deliver a tremendous blow to Prussia’s war-making capacity and morale. Ironically, the heavy losses and strategic reverses sustained by the French left Napoleon’s Grande Armee vulnerable to an Allied coalition that eventually drove Napoleon from Central Europe forever.

Author : Grenville Bird
Publisher : From Musket to Maxim
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1915113814

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The Destruction of the Imperial Army by Grenville Bird Pdf

A fresh study of the tumultuous events of August 1870 when Prussia overthrew the established order in Europe, laying the foundations for a military and political hegemony lasting into the 20th Century.

Author : Helmuth Graf von Moltke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
ISBN : HARVARD:32044086058922

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The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth Graf von Moltke Pdf

Author : Douglas Fermer
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844685684

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Sedan 1870 by Douglas Fermer Pdf

A historian analyzes the Franco-Prussian War’s Battle of Sedan, from its causes and effects, to the characters involved. The Franco-Prussian War was a turning point in the history of nineteenth-century Europe, and the Battle of Sedan was the pivotal event in that war. For the Germans, their overwhelming victory symbolized the birth of their nation, forged in steel and tempered in the blood of the common enemy. For the French, it was a defeat more complete and humiliating than Waterloo. Author Douglas Fermer’s fresh study of this traumatic moment in European history reconsiders how the mutual fear and insecurity of two rival nations tempted their governments to seek a solution to domestic tensions by waging war against each other. His compelling narrative shows how war came about, and how the dramatic campaign of summer 1870 culminated in a momentous clash of arms at Sedan. He gives fascinating insights into the personalities and aims of the politicians and generals involved but also spotlights the experiences of ordinary soldiers and civilians. Praise for Sedan 1870 “Fermer is an eminently readable author and his books well worth the investment. Sedan 1870, is an excellent study in hubris and hunger, doctrine and professionalism and the underlying motivation that drives troops, regardless of the quality of their leadership, to astonishing levels of self-sacrifice.” —Chris Buckham, The Military Reviewer

Author : Quintin Barry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 1906033463

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Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871 by Quintin Barry Pdf

In the second part of this comprehensive all-new two-volume military history of the Franco-Prussian War, the author continues his narrative from the fall of the Second Empire until the ending of the war, and the founding of a unified Germany. The war against the Government of National Defense presented quite different problems to von Moltke and his staff. Although the Siege of Paris loomed large during the second phase of the war, the author fully explores events in other parts of France, including the siege of Strasbourg, the activities of the Francs Tireurs, the investment of Metz, and the battle against the French armies of the Loire, the North, and the East. The author has made full use of an extensive number of German and French language sources. His detailed text is accompanied by a number of black and white illustrations and battle maps. Orders of battle are also provided.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781134972203

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The Franco-Prussian War by Anonim Pdf

Author : Henry Montague Hozier,William Henry Davenport Adams
Publisher : London : W. Mackenzie
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
ISBN : OXFORD:N10716265

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The Franco-Prussian War by Henry Montague Hozier,William Henry Davenport Adams Pdf

Author : Ralph Weaver
Publisher : From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1914059883

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Saarbruck to Sedan: the Franco-German War 1870-1871 by Ralph Weaver Pdf

There have been many books on the events of the Franco-German War, this book is the first to concentrate not on the course of the war, but on the armies themselves, how they were organised, what weapons they carried and what uniforms they wore and how they subsisted in the field.

Author : Maarten Otte
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526744135

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The Franco-Prussian War, 1870–1871 by Maarten Otte Pdf

“Masterfully written . . . This series provides the enthusiast and historian with volumes in which history is combined with tourism on the battlefields.” —On the Old Barbed Wire In 1870 France embarked on a war with Prussia and her allied German states that was to be a complete disaster. For Napoleon III, after his ignominious surrender with thousands of his troops from the Army of the Rhine and the Army of Châlons, it meant his abdication and exile. For France it resulted in the humiliation of her army, a bitter civil war in Paris, the loss of two Provinces (Alsace and Lorraine) and a heavy indemnity. Maarten Otte provides background chapters to place the lead up to the war and the issues that were involved; he describes the makeup of the opposing armies and some of their principal commanders. The Sedan Campaign was fought over a relatively small area and the locations of some of the key battles have changed little, though some of those near the built-up areas, such as Sedan itself, require some imagination. After the war several German regiments erected monuments and a surprising number remain today, often hidden away in isolated fields and copses. Several communal cemeteries have a number of German graves. Perhaps one of the most macabre of these is the ossuary in Bazeilles, where the visitor is able to see skeletons that still have shreds of uniform and footwear on them. Sedan was also a focus of the most recent and bloody western European wars, and a notable feature of this battlefield is to see memorials to the conflicts of the twentieth century—the Great War and the Second World War.

Author : Léonce Patry,Douglas Fermer
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0304359130

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The Reality of War by Léonce Patry,Douglas Fermer Pdf

The long and sombre chronicle of the Franco-Prussian war is an episode that deserves further attention. English-speaking readers have very little sense of what the war was like for its participants. Based on his own experiences, Patry vividly describes the bloodshed and appalling atrocities committed during the army advance to retake the Paris commune. He is also deeply critical of the shortcomings and follies of the high command. An elegant translation of a compelling text, written by a man of obvious charm and honesty, and equally obvious faults, this book is a joy to read. It ranks as one of the best examples of war memoirs written in any language.

Author : Quintin Barry
Publisher : Helion and Company
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-03-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781907677595

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Franco-Prussian War 1870–1871, Volume 2 by Quintin Barry Pdf

The second volume of this comprehensive military history examines the fall of the Second French Empire and the founding of a unified Germany. Helmuth von Moltke’s victory over France in the Battle of Sedan resulted in the capture of Napoleon III. But the war against the Government of National Defense presented quite different problems to von Moltke and his staff. Although the Siege of Paris loomed large during the second phase of the war, historian Quintin Barry fully explores events in other parts of France, including the siege of Strasbourg, the activities of the Francs Tireurs, the investment of Metz, and the battle against the French armies of the Loire, the North, and the East. As with the first volume of this study, Barry has made full use of an extensive number of German and French language sources. His detailed text is accompanied by a number of black and white illustrations and newly drawn battle maps. Orders of battle are also provided.