Gabriele Esposito

Armies of the Great Northern War 1700-1720 (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Rava, Giuseppe

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Great Northern War was a long series of campaigns in which Russia, linked with several other countries in temporary alliances, confronted and eventually replaced Sweden as the predominant power in Northern Europe. While contemporary with the Duke of Marlborough's pivotal campaigns against France, the Great Northern War was in fact more decisive, since it reshaped the Northern European power balance up to the eve of the Napoleonic Wars.
It began with a series of astonishing Swedish victories lead by King Charles XII, from Denmark to Poland and deep into Germany. But Peter the Great of Russia showed steadfast determination, and Charles overreached himself when he invaded Russia in 1708; the Russians adopted classic 'scorched earth' tactics until they could destroy the Swedish army at Poltava in 1709, one of the most overwhelming victories in history. Nevertheless, Sweden continued to fight, and frequently win, in Germany, Denmark and Norway, until Charles's death in battle in 1718, though the war itself did not conclude until 1721.
This study explores, in detail, the numerous armies and complex alliances engaged in the war for Northern European dominance. Containing accurate full-colour artwork and unrivalled detail, Armies of the Great Northern War offers a vivid insight into the troops which battled for control of the North.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472833679
• Artikelnr.: 57395886

Autorenporträt

GABRIELE ESPOSITO is a professor of modern history, a freelance researcher and an author of military history books, specializing in uniformology. His interests range from ancient civilizations to modern postcolonial conflicts including 19th-century Italian, Spanish and Latin American wars. His books and essays have been published by Pen & Sword, Winged Hussar and Libreria Editrice Goriziana and he contributes to a variety of specialist military-history journals. He has written various titles for Osprey including MAA 499 Armies of the War of the Triple Alliance 1864-70 and MAA 541 Armies of the War of the Grand Alliance 1688-97.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Northern and Eastern Europe at the dawn of the 18th century.
The road to war; Russian alliances with Poland, Saxony, Denmark etc. challenge Swedish predominance.
Chronology. [Following chapters each cover organization, uniforms and weapons of the armies of: ]
Russia
Sweden
Denmark
Saxony
Prussia
Hanover
Holstein
Poland-Lithuania
Cossacks
Ottoman Turks, Moldavians, Wallachians, Tatars .
Plate commentaries.