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Napoleon's Last Campaign in Germany, 1813-The Beginning of the End of the Napoleonic Era (Paperback)
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Napoleon's Last Campaign in Germany, 1813-The Beginning of the End of the Napoleonic Era (Paperback)
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The War of the Sixth Coalition
There are of course, many histories available on the Napoleonic era
but the first distinction offered by this one must be the widely
acknowledged regard with which its author, F. Loraine Petre is
still held. Petre wrote several histories of the period and all are
recognised as scholarship of the highest order and his contribution
to the subject has rarely been surpassed in the years since their
original publication. Napoleon's German campaign was decisive for
the aspirations of the Emperor, France and the imperial allies that
were resolved to bring him to ruin. All his hubris had brought
about his greatest defeat as a consequence of the debacle that was
the invasion of Russia and the retreat from Moscow. Most
significantly, the avenging Russian army in concert with its finest
ally, the bitter winter had deprived Napoleon, by the usages of
war, disease and lethal cold, of virtually all the resources he had
employed in his venture-a massive Grand Armee that could not be
readily replaced for employment in future enterprises. Now with
only a gallant army of 200, 000 men he had to fight against the
odds in a contest which would prove too much for even his legendary
personal military talents and further demonstrate the weaknesses of
his lieutenants when in independent command. A series of battles
would be fought in Germany at Saale, Lutzen, Bautzen, Dresden,
Dennewitz and finally at Leipzig and Hanau where defeat would
propel the French into a retreat which would set them on the road
back to the Paris and abdication of the Emperor. These are the
battles of the beginning of the end of the First Empire of the
French recounted by one of its finest historians. Essential for
every student of the period. Available in soft cover and hard
cover.
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