Napoleon and Berlin, Volume 1: The Franco-Prussian War in North Germany, 1813

by Michael V. Leggiere

Book Overview

At a time when Napoleon needed all his forces to reassert French dominance in Central Europe, why did he fixate on the Prussian capital of Berlin? Instead of concentrating his forces for a decisive showdown with the enemy, he repeatedly detached large numbers of troops, under ineffective commanders, toward the capture of Berlin. In Napoleon and Berlin, Michael V. Leggiere explores Napoleon's almost obsessive desire to capture Berlin and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806146567
• ISBN13: 9780806146560
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 8.9"