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Author : Fitz-George
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783382181512
Author : Gary P Cox
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000302127
Historians have traditionally seen Prussia as the creator of modern strategic planning. The members of the Great General Staff in the carmine-striped trousers have long received credit for perfecting "off the shelf' plans for any contingency. In contrast, the French have been depicted as effete martinets or feckless hussars, fearless in battle but utterly unconcerned with such arcane matters as national strategy. The French Army in the years following Waterloo has been depicted as an institution mired in reactionary politics, and the entire period of French military history from 1815 to 1870 has most often been seen as a "halt in the mud." But in this important new book, Gary Cox demonstrates that nineteenth-century French defense policy was much more dynamic and creative than has been previously supposed. In The Halt in the Mud, Cox illustrates that contrary to most generally held opinions, France began formulating long-range strategic plans in the years immediately following Waterloo. Carefully buttressing his thesis with evidence gleaned from the French Army's own archives, Cox argues that these plans were firmly rooted in the Napoleonic conception of strategy and staff work and strongly influenced French strategic planning all the way down to the outbreak of the Great War. The author also analyzes the development of the crucial rivalry between France and Germany in the years leading up to the Franco-Prussian War. He traces the roots of this conflict, shows the essential similarities in approach between early German and French strategic planning, and then discusses why French and German strategic planning methods diverged so fundamentally. The Halt in the Mud fills an important gap in our understanding of how France and her army prepared for war in the nineteenth century and sheds new light on France's preparations for the Franco-Prussian War and her reaction to the catastrophic defeat of 1870.
Author : Douglas Fermer
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844685684
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 : G. Fitz-George
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1104537753
This book, Lectures On The Formation Of Character, Temptations And Mission Of Young Men (1853), by Rufus Wheelwright Clark, is a replication of a book originally published before 1861. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible. This book was created using print-on-demand technology. Thank you for supporting classic literature.
Author : Maarten Otte
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526744135
“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 : Archibald Forbes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 806 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Battles
ISBN : STANFORD:36105013540971
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1432 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Bibliography
ISBN : UOM:39015071099447
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
Author : Prussia (Germany). Armee. Grosser Generalstab. Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
ISBN : UCAL:B3470933
Author : Stephen C. McGeorge and Mason W. Watson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Great Britain. Army
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1164 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Retired military personnel
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211520924
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : France
ISBN : OXFORD:600006961
Author : George Hooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1906
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:631322626
Author : Hans Ehlert,Michael Epkenhans,Gerhard P. Gross,David T. Zabecki
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813182605
With the creation of the Franco-Russian Alliance and the failure of the Reinsurance Treaty in the late nineteenth century, Germany needed a strategy for fighting a two-front war. In response, Field Marshal Count Alfred von Schlieffen produced a study that represented the apex of modern military planning. His Memorandum for a War against France, which incorporated a mechanized cavalry as well as new technologies in weaponry, advocated that Germany concentrate its field army to the west and annihilate the French army within a few weeks. For generations, historians have considered Schlieffen's writings to be the foundation of Germany's military strategy in World War I and have hotly debated the reasons why the plan, as executed, failed. In this important volume, international scholars reassess Schlieffen's work for the first time in decades, offering new insights into the renowned general's impact not only on World War I but also on nearly a century of military historiography. The contributors draw on newly available source materials from European and Russian archives to demonstrate both the significance of the Schlieffen Plan and its deficiencies. They examine the operational planning of relevant European states and provide a broad, comparative historical context that other studies lack. Featuring fold-out maps and abstracts of the original German deployment plans as they evolved from 1893 to 1914, this rigorous reassessment vividly illustrates how failures in statecraft as well as military planning led to the tragedy of the First World War.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 940 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Bibliography
ISBN : OSU:32435072598204
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1176 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z258618004
