Bohemia, 1866
Author: Sir Neill Malcolm
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Published: 1912
Total Pages: 192
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Author: Sir Neill Malcolm
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Published: 1912
Total Pages: 192
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John H. Anderson
Publisher: London : Rees 1908.
Published: 1908
Total Pages: 114
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKUseful and reliable primer that was designed for use of Staff College students sitting exams in 1908, and as such gives a clear analytical account of this mid-19th century conflict. The Seven Weeks' War was the first war between two major continental powers in seven years, and used many of the same technologies as the American Civil War. 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. Superior Prussian organization and élan decided the battle against Austrian numerical superiority, the victory was near total, with Austrian battle deaths nearly seven times the Prussian figure. --
Author: George J. Robert Glünicke
Publisher: London : S. Sonenschein ; New York : Macmillan Company
Published: 1907
Total Pages: 254
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Geoffrey Wawro
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780521629515
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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
Published: 2003-03-07
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780812218442
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKöniggrätz, 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: S. Gore-Brown
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781906033057
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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: Mikuláš Teich
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1998-10-29
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9780521431552
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEssays on the history of the Czech lands from the ninth century to the fall of socialism in 1989.
Author: Quintin Barry
Publisher: Helion
Published: 2014-02
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781909384965
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"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: Francis Edwards (Firm)
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Published: 1908
Total Pages: 750
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lucius Hudson Holt
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Published: 1918
Total Pages: 676
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