German Armies 1870-71: Prussia Vol.1

Informationen zum Autor Michael Solka, illustrated by Darko Pavlovic Klappentext The crushing victory by Prussia and her German allies in the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-71, destroyed one empire and created another. It finally unified the German states into an empire under Prussian leadership - an empire proclaimed in the very halls of captured Versailles. In 1870 Prussia's reformed mobilization system put enormous armies into the field with unprecedented efficiency. The confidence which the victory encouraged among German militarists, and the intolerable humiliation it inflicted upon France, ensured that an even more destructive war was soon inevitable. This, the first of two titles, lists and illustrates the units of Prussia and her North German Confederation, the powerhouse of a formidable military machine. Zusammenfassung In 1870 Bismarck, Prime Minister of Prussia, engineered a war with France that would result in the fall of the Second Empire. It was the first modern European war and saw the use of bolt action rifles, machine guns, railway transport and professional general staffs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chronology Orders of battle Ranks and distinctions Uniforms & Equipment: Officers' uniforms, generalities Staff command guards Line cavalry Line infantry Artillery Pioneers Train Medical Reserve cavalry Landwehr

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Michael Solka, illustrated by Darko Pavlovic

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• Authors: D Pavlovic, Darko Pavlovic, M Solka, Michael Solka, Solka Michael
• Assisted by: Darko Pavlovic (Illustration), Pavlovic Darko (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.08.2004
• EAN: 9781841767543
• ISBN: 978-1-84176-754-3
• No. of pages: 48
• Dimensions: 186 mm x 250 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Man at Arms; Men-at-Arms; Men-at-Arms; Men-At-Arms (Osprey); Man at Arms
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Germany, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Warfare & defence, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Land forces and warfare, HISTORY / Military / Land Forces