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Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 /
"A major player in The Seven Years' War (1756-1763), the first true world war, was Frederick the Great, king of Prussia. The first major work on Frederick the Great and his role in the war for more than a century, this book will undoubtedly shed light on many aspects of military and Europe...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2014]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Prelude to War
- Part I. 1756-1757: The Contest Opens
- One: The Invasion of Saxony
- Two: The Battle of Lobositz
- Three: The Saxon Surrender
- The End of the Campaign
- Four: Winter Interlude
- Start of the 1757 Campaign
- Part II. 1757: Invasion of Austria
- Five: Early Operations
- Six: The Battle of Prague
- Seven: The Siege of Prague
- Eight: Headed for Battle at Kolin
- Nine: The Battle of Kolin
- Ten: Siege of Prague Lifted
- Prussians Retire from Bohemia
- Part III. 1757: Prussia in Retreat and Recovery
- Eleven: The War Settles Down
- Twelve: Operations in Silesia
- Preliminaries to Rossbach
- Thirteen: The Battle of Gross- Jägersdorf
- Fourteen: Final Preliminaries to Rossbach
- Fifteen: The Battle of Rossbach
- Sixteen: The Austrians Attempt to Reconquer Silesia
- Seventeen: Preliminaries to Leuthen
- Eighteen: The Battle of Leuthen
- Nineteen: Mopping Up After Leuthen
- Part IV. 1758: The Third Campaign
- Twenty: Winter Interlude
- Start of Campaign 1758
- Twenty-One: Frederick Invades Austria a Second Time
- Siege of Olmütz
- Twenty-Two: Frederick Retires from the Walls of Olmütz
- Russian Advance on Brandenburg
- Twenty-Three: Operations in Brandenburg Prior to Battle at Zorndorf
- Twenty-Four: The Battle of Zorndorf
- Twenty-Five: Prussians Follow up on Fermor
- Frederick Marches for Saxony
- Twenty-Six: Preliminaries to Battle at Hochkirch
- Twenty-Seven: The Battle of Hochkirch
- Twenty-Eight: Aftermath of Hochkirch
- Maneuvering to the End of the Campaign
- Part V. 1759: The Fourth Campaign
- Twenty-Nine: Frontier Incursions and the Russian Threat
- Thirty: Battle at Züllichau
- Thirty-One: Preliminaries to Kunersdorf
- Thirty-Two: The Battle of Kunersdorf
- Thirty-Three: The Swedes Show Their Hand.
- Thirty-Four: Allies Spring to Life
- Thirty-Five: Maneuvering in the East
- Frederick Prepares to Move to Saxony
- Thirty-Six: Fall of Dresden
- Soltikov Departs
- Thirty-Seven: Preliminaries to and Battle at Maxen
- Part VI. 1760: The Fifth Campaign
- Thirty-Eight: Austrian Successes in Silesia
- Frederick Ruminates There
- Thirty-Nine: Battle at Landshut and Events Up to the Siege of Dresden
- Forty: Frederick Besieges Dresden
- Forty-One: Maneuvering in Silesia Prior to Liegnitz
- Forty-Two: Battle at Liegnitz and Aftermath
- Forty-Three: Preliminaries to Torgau
- Allied Raid upon Berlin
- Forty-Four: The Battle of Torgau
- Forty-Five: Aftermath of Torgau
- End of the Campaign
- Part VII. 1761: The Sixth Year
- Forty-Six: Campaign 1761 Opens with a Flourish
- Forty-Seven: Opening Salvos in Silesia
- Allied Union Realized
- Forty-Eight: Frederick Leaves Bunzelwitz
- Schweidnitz Is Captured
- End in Sight?
- Forty-Nine: The Swedes Launch Their Last Offensive
- Colberg Falls
- Part VIII. 1762: The Last Campaign
- Fifty: Operations in Silesia Commence
- Fifty-One: Battles of Burkersdorf and Reichenbach
- Fall of Schweidnitz
- Fifty-Two: The Campaign of 1762 in Saxony
- Part IX. Maps
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.