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Kolin 1757: Frederick the Great's First Defeat

By Adam Hook , Simon Millar

Book information

Publisher
Osprey
Year
2001
ISBN
9781841762975, 1-84176-297-0
Open Library ID
OL8922265M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (19424746 bytes)
Series
Campaign 091
Pages
97\97
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04
Военные дисциплины;Оружие и военная техника;Osprey

Description

In May of 1757 Frederick the Great invaded Bohemia, smashed an Austrian army outside Prague and bottled it up in the city. The Empress Maria Theresa despatched Marshal Daun with 60,000 men to save the Empire's second city. Frederick had won a string of victories over the Austrians and was convinced his men would always triumph. Although outnumbered he attacked, but the Austrians were waiting. His army was defeated and forced to withdraw. As his veterans commented, 'they were not the same old Austrians at all'. Simon Millar shows how Frederick's overconfidence proved his undoing at Kolin.

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