With Eagles to Glory
napoleon and his german allies in the 1809 campaign
$66.61
- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
4 September 2018
Summary
When Napoleon’s Grand Armee went to war against the might of the Habsburg empire in 1809, its forces included more than 100,000 allied German troops. From his earliest imperial campaigns, these troops provided played a key role as Napoleon swept from victory to victory and in 1809 their fighting abilities were crucial to the campaign. With Napoleon’s French troops depleted and debilitated after the long struggle in the Spanish War, the German troops for the first time played a major combat ro…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784383091 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784383090 |
| Author: | Gill, John H. |
| Publisher: | Greenhill Books |
| Imprint: | Greenhill Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 4 September 2018 |
| Weight: | 870g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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The meticulous research into every aspect of every one of Napoleon’s German contingents makes this work a model of scholarship as well as a classic of military history, which is found on the bookshelf of every serious student of the Napoleonic Wars. - Andrew Roberts
About The Author
Gill, John H.
John H. Gill is the author of the acclaimed 1809: Thunder on the Danube trilogy, He is an Associate Professor of the faculty of the Near East - South Asia Center, part of the National Defense University in Washington DC. A former US Army South Asia Foreign Area Officer, he retired as a colonel in 2005 after more than 27 years of active service.
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