The Wars of Frederick the GreatLongman, 1996 - 371 trang The campaigns of Frederick the Great were a watershed in the history of Europe. They inaugurated a new pattern - of total war for limited objectives - that was to endure until 1916. Frederick's battles were designed to convince his adversaries of the wisdom of making and keeping peace. |
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... initial step . The musketeer could not become so absorbed in the process of loading and firing that he became unresponsive to orders . The eighteenth - century soldier , far from being the automaton of so many later legends , had to ...
... initial step . The musketeer could not become so absorbed in the process of loading and firing that he became unresponsive to orders . The eighteenth - century soldier , far from being the automaton of so many later legends , had to ...
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... initial objective was its obvious utility as a forward base . Despite initial problems of mobilization and concentration , by the end of May 1757 almost 100,000 men were marching towards East Prussia . The province , completely isolated ...
... initial objective was its obvious utility as a forward base . Despite initial problems of mobilization and concentration , by the end of May 1757 almost 100,000 men were marching towards East Prussia . The province , completely isolated ...
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... initial decision to make the night march ; and the subsequent timing of his arrival on the battlefield.31 His contemporaries – and many subsequent analyses - dismissed this as a modest disclaimer , manifesting exemplary diffi- dence or ...
... initial decision to make the night march ; and the subsequent timing of his arrival on the battlefield.31 His contemporaries – and many subsequent analyses - dismissed this as a modest disclaimer , manifesting exemplary diffi- dence or ...
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