Napoleon's Italian Campaigns

Autorentext
Frederick C. Schneid

Klappentext
The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars raged in Italy for 23 years. In that time, no fewer than eight campaigns involving hundred of thousands of troops were mounted in the Italian peninsula, as France and Austria struggled over this secondary, but still vitally important theater of war. As Frederick Schneid demonstrates in this groundbreaking work, control of Italy was rightly seen by Napoleon as an important means of applying strategic pressure on the Austrians, while simultaneously providing security for France's vulnerable southern flank. As the first in-depth consideration of the struggle for strategically key region, this book places the Italian campaigns into their proper historical context.

Beginning with a geo-strategic overview of the Italian peninsula and its place in French and Austrian calculations, Schneid moves on to a careful consideration of the major campaigns that began in 1805, 1809, and 1813. These include studies of the battles at Caldiero, Wagram, and Mincio. The book also provides appendices with complete orders of battle for each campaign.

Inhalt
Foreword Prologue: Italy, Wars and Geography The Conquest of the Italian Peninsula, 1805-1806 The Origins of the Campaign, Armies and Generals Planning, Preparations and Opening Moves The Battle of Caldiero The Conquest of Naples The Defense of Italy, 1809 Armies, Generals, and Strategy From Sacile to the Piave and Beyond The Battles of Raab and Wagram The Fall of Napoleonic Italy, 1813-1815 Rebuilding the Armies From War Plans to War The Battle of the Mincio Murat's Hundred Days Epilogue: War from Italy Appendix I: Orders of Battle 1805-1806 Appendix II: Orders of Battle 1809 Appendix III: Orders of Battle 1813-1814 Appendix IV: Orders of Battle 1815 Bibliography

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