I was getting to the actual writing of a description of the fighting part of my thesis today when something hit me.  I was looking at casualty figures for the various actions and they are decidedly lopsided. Most historians blame that on the Prussian possession of the Needle-Gun but I just don’t buy that, it’s too pat an explanation. As I was thinking about it, it hit me that the Prussians and Austrians fought in completely different ways.
The Actual Writing of a Thesis-Part 5
I finished Chapter 2 of my thesis last night, ten days later than I planned, but finished is finished right? it was the chapter about the opening skirmishes and battles of the Königgrätz Campaign. It was fun to write but difficult at the same time. I essentially knocked out a twenty-page paper in two weeks where I normally wrote that much in a month being much more leisurely about it. Now I just have to work extra hard to catch up and get my paper done by the deadline for the rough draft, which is on February 20th. I should be able to do it because the next chapter … More after the Jump…