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Kolin 1757 - Frederick the Great's First Defeat

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Campaign Series - 1700 - 1950 A.D. (Excluding WWI & II)

MSRP old price: $19.95


Product Info

Title
Kolin 1757 - Frederick the Great's First Defeat
Publisher
Category
Author
Simon Millar
Publish Year
2001
Pages
96
Dimensions
7.25x9.75x.375"
NKG Part #
2147343712
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM091
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM91

Description

In May of 1757 Frederick the Great invaded Bohemia, smashed an Austrian army outside Prague and bottled it up in the city. The Empress Maria Theresa dispatched Marshal Daun with 60,000 men to save the Empire's second city. Frederick had won a string of victories over the Austrians and was convinced his men would always triumph. Although outnumbered he attacked, but the Austrians were waiting. His army was defeated and forced to withdraw. As his veterans commented, 'they were not the same old Austrians at all'. Simon Millar shows how Frederick's overconfidence proved his undoing at Kolin.