Napoleon's Commanders (2)

c.1809–15

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Napoleon's Commanders (2)

c.1809–15

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Osprey's examination of commanders of the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). On the Napoleonic battlefield victory or defeat could still depend on the skills, reactions and personalities of individual commanders. Even under a genius such as Napoleon the dispersal of his armies on campaign, and the lack of fast communications, left command and control of the different corps and divisions in the hands of his marshals and generals. This second in a pair of Elite titles describes in concise but colourful detail the careers and personalities of more than two dozen of Napoleon's leading subordinate commanders in the armies of the later Empire, from c1809 to the Hundred Days campaign of 1815. Their individual appearance, and the typical uniforms of a variety of staff officers, are reconstructed in 12 dazzling colour plates.

Table of Contents

Soult · Marmont · Grouchy · Gouvion St Cyr · Oudinot · Espagne · Rapp · Gourgaud · Jerome Bonaparte · Murat · Beauharnais v Poniatowski · Chouard · Ney · Larrey · Drouot · Joseph Bonaparte · Jourdan · Suchet · Francois-Etienne Kellermann · Eduard de Colbert · Letort

Product details

Published Apr 25 2002
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 64
ISBN 9781841763453
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 55 b/w; 12 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Elite
Short code ELI 83
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Philip Haythornthwaite

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