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THUNDER ON THE DANUBE: Napoleon's Defeat of the Habsburgs | 
 enlarge | Author: John H. Gill
Publisher: Frontline Books
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 57134
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 512
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.7 x 2
ISBN: 184415713X
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.27
EAN: 9781844157136
ASIN: 184415713X
Publication Date: March 2008
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The Franco-Austrian War of 1809 was Napoleon's last victorious war. Napoleon faced the Archduke Charles, the best of the Habsburg commanders, and a reformed Austrian Army that was arguably the best ever fielded by the Danubian Monarchy. The French ultimately triumphed but the margin of superiority was decreasing and all of Napoleon's skill and determination was required to achieve a victorious outcome. Gill tackles the political background to the war, especially the motivations that prompted Austria to launch an offensive against France while Napoleon and many of his veterans were distracted in Spain. Though surprised by the timing of the Austrian attack on April 10th, the French Emperor completely reversed a dire strategic situation with stunning blows that he called his 'most brilliant and most skillful maneuvers'. Following a breathless pursuit down the Danube valley, Napoleon occupied the palaces of the Habsburgs for the second time in four years. The Austrians recovered, however, and Napoleon suffered his first unequivocal repulse at the Battle of Aspern-Essling on the shores of the Danube opposite Vienna. He would win many battles in his future campaigns, but never again would one of Europe's great powers lie broken at his feet. In this respect 1809 represents a high point of the First Empire as well as a watershed, for Napoleon's armies were declining in quality and he was beginning to display the corrosive flaws that contributed to his downfall five years later.
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Good Book but . . . March 20, 2008
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is great book with a lot of very useful information that I personnally have not seen in print in America before. A word of caution though to all we are looking to buy this book . . . this is ONLY Volume I of a series. This book covers only the Bavarian phase of the 1809 campaign on the Danube. I have not seen this tidbit of information in print anywhere including the Pen and Sword website nor have I found any information on the release of subsequent books in the series (or how many there will be for that matter). It is still a great book as are all of John Gill's books.
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