The Emperor's Last Victory - Napoleon and the Battle of Wagram

Informationen zum Autor Gunther Rothenberg was the world's leading authority on the Napoleonic Wars. He served with the British, Israeli and US Military and was Professor of History at Purdue University in the USA. He was the leading English-speaking historian of warfare in the German-speaking lands. His many distinguished works include The Army of Francis Joseph and The Hapsburg Military Frontier. Klappentext A leading expert examines one of Napoleon's most decisive but least analysed victories In early July 1809 Napoleon crossed the Danube with 187,000 men to confront the Austrian Archduke Charles and an army of 145,000 men. The fighting that followed dwarfed in intensity and scale any previous Napoleonic battlefield, perhaps any in history: casualties on each side were over 30,000. The Austrians fought with great determination, but eventually the Emperor won a narrow victory. Wagram was decisive in that it compelled Austria to make peace. It also heralded a new, altogether greater order of warfare, anticipating the massed manpower and weight of fire deployed much later in the battles of the American Civil War and then at Verdun and on the Somme. Zusammenfassung A leading expert examines one of Napoleon's most decisive but least analysed victories

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• Authors: Gunther Rosenberg, Gunther E Rothenberg, Gunther E. Rothenberg
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.11.2005
• EAN: 9780304367115
• ISBN: 978-0-304-36711-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Cassell Military Paperback; Cassell Military Paperback; Cassell Military; Cassell Military
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book; austria, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Battles & campaigns, Specific wars and campaigns, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), Napoleonic Wars, Battles and campaigns, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)