Given that I generally try to concentrate on the German Wars of Unification when I do any serious research I thought I would toss this link out there. I ran across the following article about the Battle of Lundby in 1864 today. It is probably the best description of any single action from the Danish War of 1864 I have ever seen. What makes it so great for my purposes is that it is in English and I can direct my readers to it. The first of the German Wars of Unification, the Danish War of 1864, is practically ignored in English scholarship and thus finding something like this is a treasure as it sheds light on the development of Prussian tactical and operational methods that is not generally open to the English speaking world.
The Battle of the Nations – 16-19 October, 1813
The October, 1813 Battle of the Nations in Leipzig was arguably as important as the 1814 Battle of Waterloo. In English language historiography of the Napoleonic Wars it is often downplayed or only briefly mentioned however. This is mainly because no English speaking armies fought in the battle. The lions share of the fighting at Leipzig was done by Austrian and Russian armies and thus the English speaking world tries to ignore this decisive battle in which almost 50,000 men died. After Napoleons’ defeat in the Russian Campaign of 1812 and the concurrent French defeat in the Peninsular Campaign the Allied nations of Europe joined together once again in the … More after the Jump…