The Austrian army 1805-1809 - vol. 1 - Acerbi, Enrico
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Even when a History writer would have wanted to celebrate, maybe the greatest European power (on land), namely the Austrian Empire, he certainly would not had chosen the terrible year 1809. What for the military apparatus in Vienna could have been a beginning of a Great Military Reform, the triumph of the Generalissimus Archduke Charles, became one of the worst nightmares of Habsburg history. In short, after a series of unfortunate events and bad military conduct, Austria disappeared from the European scene, losing further important territories but, above all, losing its mighty armies. The…mehr

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Even when a History writer would have wanted to celebrate, maybe the greatest European power (on land), namely the Austrian Empire, he certainly would not had chosen the terrible year 1809. What for the military apparatus in Vienna could have been a beginning of a Great Military Reform, the triumph of the Generalissimus Archduke Charles, became one of the worst nightmares of Habsburg history. In short, after a series of unfortunate events and bad military conduct, Austria disappeared from the European scene, losing further important territories but, above all, losing its mighty armies. The author chooses to tell about that period, evaluating the military organization, starting from the recruitment, up to the details of the various units, because that army, was the largest army fielded by Austria before the Great War: man told about 600,000 men, including the Levies of regional volunteers, called Landwehr (in the territories of the Austrian Crown) and Insurrectio (in the territories of the Crown of St. Stephen).... ...At the end, Austria entered into war with the most powerful military force of the whole Napoleonic Period (in numbers of fighters), an effort which hardly seemed possible and which surprised the world. Unfortunately its three armies (and the Landwehr) did not surprised Bonaparte, who kicked.
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Enrico Acerbi nasce a Valdagno (Vicenza) il 13.8.1952; laureato in medicina, immunoematologo e specializzato in tossicologia medica, ha lavorato nell'ospedale locale, ora in pensione. Partner del Museo della Guerra di Rovereto, membro dell'Associazione Napoleonica d'Italia e storiografo della Grande Guerra. Enrico Acerbi ha sviluppato la passione per la ricerca storica sin dagli anni '90. Per cinque anni ha collaborato con il Center for Great War Studies di Asiago. Ha anche collaborato con la Comunità Montana di Arsiero come insegnante presso l'università popolare (corsi di formazione storica sulla prima guerra mondiale) e con la Comunità montana di Agno-Chiampo (ricostruzione delle fortificazioni fatte durante la Grande Guerra). Partner del Museo della guerra di Rovereto e membro fondatore del Gruppo di ricerca storica sulla Grande Guerra di Valdagno, attualmente impegnato nello studio della storia napoleonica in Veneto e in Italia. Illustratore grafico di articoli sulla storia napoleonica. Ha al suo attivo diverse pubblicazioni storiche per varie case editrici. Questo è il suo nono lavoro fatto per Soldiershop.