"The End of Empire: Napoleon's 1814 Campaign " Topic
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Tango01 | 26 Jun 2014 3:37 p.m. PST |
"'The End of Empire is a continuation of Nafziger's definitive military studies of the Napoleonic era beginning with the 1812 campaign and progressing through the 1813 campaign. Having suffered a massive reversal of fortunes in Russia Napoleon found himself confronted, in Germany, by the combined forces of Russia, Prussia, and Austria. After the disaster of Leipzig Napoleon's German allies fell away and he was forced to fall back, beyond the borders of France. Offered a negotiated peace on the basis of a return to the pre-1792 borders, Napoleon chose to continue to fight, trusting in his star. He was, however, desperate for troops and short of horses and cash. Cornered and threatened by three armies invading from the north, northeast, and east, every chance to stop the Allies had to be taken and there was desperate battle after desperate battle. Of all his campaigns, Napoleon's 1814 campaign was one of his most brilliant. Eventually, after several terrible defeats, the Allies refused to engage him in battle when he confronted them. Instead they pushed their other two armies forward, slowly driving him back as he rushed to block the advance of the other armies on Paris. This strategy proved successful and eventually Napoleon was obliged to abdicate when his marshals refused to fight further.' From here link Amicalement Armand |
Sparker | 27 Jun 2014 3:58 p.m. PST |
Cant get the link to work Armand? |
Camcleod | 27 Jun 2014 7:07 p.m. PST |
Musical forums ?? Here is a link to the book publisher's page from The Napoleon Series: link |
Sparker | 27 Jun 2014 11:05 p.m. PST |
Thanks mate! Didn't realise Nafziger had also written an 1813 volume
His 1812 is hard going in places, but nothing if not exhaustive! |
Camcleod | 28 Jun 2014 7:58 a.m. PST |
Sparker The 1813 study is three volumes: Lutzen & Bautzen Napoleon At Dresden Napoleon At Leipzig Hard to find these days and quite expensive . Cliff Edit – There are some not-bad prices for used copies on abebooks.com |
Tango01 | 28 Jun 2014 11:24 a.m. PST |
I have those three. I have read them no less than four times. Excellent! Amicalement Armand |
Sparker | 28 Jun 2014 8:47 p.m. PST |
Ah yes of course! Actually I have these, for some reason I thought these were by Scott Bowden! And yes, they are good, so the 1814 one is on the wishlist! |
John Miller | 04 Jul 2014 2:45 p.m. PST |
TangoO1: Wasn't aware of this book coming out so I appreciate your posting this. I would not want miss one of George's books. Thanks, John Miller |
Tango01 | 05 Jul 2014 12:05 p.m. PST |
Happy for that my friend. (smile). Amicalement Armand |
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