Road to Königgrätz : Helmuth von Moltke and the Austro-Prussian War 1866

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barry, Quintin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Austro-Prussian War, 1866--Biography.

Königgrätz, Battle of, Sadová, Czech Republic, 1866.

Moltke, Helmuth, Graf von, 1800-1891--Military leadership.

Kèoniggrèatz, Battle of, Sadovâa, Czech Republic, 1866--Biography.

Kèoniggrèatz, Battle of, Sadovâa, Czech Republic, 1866.

Austro-Prussian War, 1866.

Moltke, Helmuth.

Local Subjects:

Austro-Prussian War, 1866--Biography.

Königgrätz, Battle of, Sadová, Czech Republic, 1866.

Moltke, Helmuth, Graf von, 1800-1891--Military leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1221 p.)

Place of Publication:

: Helion & Company, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Before the War of 1866 the name of Helmuth Von Moltke was scarcely known outside the Prussian army. His appointment as Chief of the General Staff was in many ways surprising, and he certainly did not himself expect it. He was thus put at the head of a military institution that was already to some extent superior to its counterparts elsewhere; he was to turn it into a formidable machine that became, in his hands, very nearly invincible. This was due to number of factors which coincided with his appointment. Among these were the many advances in military technology and logistics on the one hand,

Contents:

""I: Order of Battle, Combined Allied Army in 1864""""II: Order of Battle, Royal Danish Army in 1864""; ""III: Order of Battle of the Royal Prussian Army in 1866""; ""IV: Order of Battle of the Imperial Austrian Army of the North in 1866""; ""V: Order of Battle of the Royal Saxon Army Corps in 1866""; ""VI: Order of Battle of the Royal Hanoverian Army on June 18 1866""; ""VII: Order of Battle of the Electoral Hessian Division in 1866""; ""VIII: Order of Battle of the Royal Bavarian Army in 1866""; ""IX: Order of Battle of the VIII Federal Corps on July 9 1866""

""X: Order of Battle of the Detachment of Major General von Flies in the Battle of Langensalza June 27 1866""""XI: Order of Battle of the Prussian Army of the Main (from July 20 1866)""; ""XII: Order of Battle of the Royal Italian Army in June 1866""; ""XIII: Order of Battle of the Imperial Austrian Army of the South in June 1866""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""eBooks Published by Helion & Company""

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ISBN:

9781909384743

1909384747

OCLC:

855969672