BROKEN EAGLES, NAPOLEON AND HIS GERMAN ALLIES IN THE 1813 CAMPAIGN VOLUME 1: Campaigns Overview, Bavaria, Saxony

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Explores the role of the Rheinbund and its military campaigns in 1813. Based on years of research in archives across Germany and France, as well as battlefield visits, provides a comprehensive analysis of the confederation's military campaigns of 1813, culminating in Napoleon's defeat and the collapse of his German alliance. Opens with an overview of the Rheinbund as an institution; a summary of its brief history; and an overview of the campaigns, battles, and sieges of 1813. Provides a detailed examination of the activities of the armies of Saxony and Bavaria in this critical year. Supplemented by more than 100 maps, charts, and orders of battle, as well as 8 pages of color and 8 pages of black and white plates.