The Prussian Army - To 1815

by Digby Smith

This book is a comprehensive study of the Prussian army from its inception in the first standing troops, raised as his personal guards by the Elector Johann Georg of Brandenburg in 1571, to the dramatic defeat of the Emperor Napoleon I at Waterloo in 1815. It was an army whose character and capabilities were formed by the Prussian kings Frederick William I and, crucially, by Frederick the Great. The history of each regiment is presented with details...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764319906
• ISBN13: 9780764319907
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.4" x 9.1"