Moltke’s Projects for the Campaign of 1866 Against Austria
()
About this ebook
“A NEW light was thrown upon the campaign of 1864 by the publication, in 1892, of Moltke’s military correspondence during that war—a volume which revealed, as nothing published before it had done, the brilliant abilities and resolute character of the Prussian general. That delightful volume was followed, in 1896, by the publication of a selection from Moltke’s military papers relating to the war of 1866...They are divided into four parts, collected under the headings of preparation, mobilization, and deployment, the actual operations, the truce and peace. The chief interest of these disclosures lies in the first part, for it is the arrangements for the first deployment and subsequent concentration of the Prussian Army that have formed the principal subject of controversy in regard to this campaign. Moreover, since the construction of railways, the great importance which always in every campaign has attached to the opening has been, if anything, increased. The opening is usually arranged with a deliberation impossible in the subsequent stages of the action. It is the part of the game which admits of the completest study beforehand, and it is the part in which for this campaign abundant evidence is now given. Moltke’s colleagues of the Staff have told us since his death that they were much impressed by his habitual effort to think things out, and that he used in this process to assist himself by putting his thoughts on paper and rewriting his analysis or his argument again and again until he found it satisfactory.”
Field Marshal Graf Helmuth von Moltke
HELMUTH KARL BERNHARD GRAF VON MOLTKE (26 October 1800 - 24 April 1891, Berlin) was the chief of the Prussian and German General Staff for thirty years and the architect of the victories over Denmark (1864), Austria (1866), and France (1871). He is regarded as the creator of a new, more modern method of directing armies in the field. He was also a prolific writer and widely considered to be among the masters of 19th-century German prose. Born the son of the Danish Generalleutnant Friedrich Philipp Victor von Moltke (1768-1845) in Parchim, Mecklenburg-Schwerin Moltke completed his education with the Royal Cadet Corps in Copenhagen and joined a Danish infantry regiment. He transferred to the Prussian Army in 1821 and became second lieutenant in the Prussian Life Guards in 1822. In 1832 Moltke joined the Prussian General Staff and was promoted to first lieutenant a year later. In 1835 he was sent to Turkey to advise Sultan Mahmud II on the modernization of the Turkish Army and entered the Turkish service in 1836. He went to Armenia in 1838 and returned to Germany at the end of 1839, re-entering the Prussian service. In 1845 Moltke was appointed personal aide-de-camp to the invalid prince Henry of Prussia (1781-1846), then personal aide-de-camp to Prince Frederick William, the future king of Prussia and German emperor (Frederick III), in 1855. In 1858 Moltke was confirmed as chief of the Prussian General Staff, and thus began the era of the great triumvirate—Otto von Bismarck (chancellor), Moltke, and Albrecht von Roon (1803-79; minister of war from 1859)—that within 13 years was to change the map of Europe. On proclamation of a new German Empire on January 18, 1871, Moltke was created Graf (count) that October and appointed field marshal in June 1871, after the peace treaty. He was chief of the General Staff for 17 more years and, on resigning office in 1888, retired to Kreisau. He died during a visit to Berlin in 1891.
Related to Moltke’s Projects for the Campaign of 1866 Against Austria
Related ebooks
The Franco German War of 1870-1871 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNapoleon As A General. Vol. II Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrench Revolutionary Generals Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Campaign of 1812 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe French army before Napoleon: lectures delivered before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas term, 1914 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNapoleon As A General. Vol. I Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe German Army In War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHistory of the Campaign of 1866 in Italy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYPRES 1914: An Official Account Published By Order Of The German General Staff Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTHE ART OF WAR & THE PRINCE: Two Machiavellian Masterpieces in one eBook Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWorks of Bismarck, Moltke, and Lassalle Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTreatise On Grand Military Operations: Or A Critical And Military History Of The Wars Of Frederick The Great – Vol. I Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBismarck Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBibliography of the Seven Weeks' War of 1866 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUnion And Confederate Infantry Doctrine In The Battle Of Chickamauga Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA History of the Peninsular War - Vol. II Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrom Corunna to Waterloo: With the Hussars 1808 to 1815 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA History of the Peninsula War II: From the Batto the End of the Talavera Campaign Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrederick's Orders: Frederick the Great's Orders to His Generals and His Way of War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWith Royal Headquarters 1870-71 [Illustrated Edition] Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOporto 1809 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wellington’s Peninsular Victories: Busaco, Salamanca, Vitoria, Nivelle Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSadowa [Illustrated Edition] Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTreatise On Grand Military Operations: Or A Critical And Military History Of The Wars Of Frederick The Great – Vol. II Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA History of the Peninsular War - Vol. III Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Armies of Europe Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKing Henry IV Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNapoleon's Campaigns in Italy 1796-1797 and 1800 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHistory of the Thirty Years War in Germany Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Wars & Military For You
Mein Kampf: The Original, Accurate, and Complete English Translation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChurchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sun Tzu's The Art of War: Bilingual Edition Complete Chinese and English Text Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The God Delusion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Daily Creativity Journal Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Wager Disaster: Mayem, Mutiny and Murder in the South Seas Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unit 731: Testimony Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unacknowledged: An Expose of the World's Greatest Secret Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Doctors From Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of War & Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Kingdom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Art of War: The Definitive Interpretation of Sun Tzu's Classic Book of Strategy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rise of the Fourth Reich: The Secret Societies That Threaten to Take Over America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Making of the Atomic Bomb Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5"The Good War": An Oral History of World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When I Come Home Again: 'A page-turning literary gem' THE TIMES, BEST BOOKS OF 2020 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Moltke’s Projects for the Campaign of 1866 Against Austria
0 ratings0 reviews