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Napoleon's Italian Troops

By Mike Chappell , Otto Pivka

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
1992
ISBN
0850453038, 9780850453034
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8227642 bytes)
Series
Men at Arms Series, 88
Edition
First Edition
Pages
48\48
Time added
2012-07-07 14:18:13

Description

The Republican French were active in the export of revolution, and in 1796-1800 Napoleon saw that the inhabitants of northern Italy were ripe for conversion to the cause. French victories in 1798 and 1800 secured his hold on the area, and he at once began reorganising the many small states which then made up the territory of Italy into units more suitable for his military and dynastic ambitions. Otto von Pivka explores the organisation, history and uniforms of the Italian troops who fought under the Emperor during the Napoleonic Wars.

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