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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... soldiers who perceived themselves as having been enlisted by guile or force . Such works as Ulrich Bräker's Der arme Mann im Tockenburg ( Zürich , 1789 : reprint edn Munich , 1965 ) , often cited for the army's routine on the eve of the ...
... soldiers who perceived themselves as having been enlisted by guile or force . Such works as Ulrich Bräker's Der arme Mann im Tockenburg ( Zürich , 1789 : reprint edn Munich , 1965 ) , often cited for the army's routine on the eve of the ...
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... soldiers elsewhere : specifically , from the 80 per cent of Prussia's population that lived on and from the land . As shown in Chapter 1 , the cantonal system combined several advantages for the state . It provided something like a ...
... soldiers elsewhere : specifically , from the 80 per cent of Prussia's population that lived on and from the land . As shown in Chapter 1 , the cantonal system combined several advantages for the state . It provided something like a ...
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... soldiers . The favoured item seems to have been the buttoned gaiters . They were practical for field work , relatively cheap to replace , and not a common item of civilian dress . The requirement itself , however , is suggestive . It ...
... soldiers . The favoured item seems to have been the buttoned gaiters . They were practical for field work , relatively cheap to replace , and not a common item of civilian dress . The requirement itself , however , is suggestive . It ...
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