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Napoleon's Balkan Troops

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Men-at-Arms - French Revolutionary War/Napoleonic Wars - France

Last Stocked on 9/23/2023

Product Info

Title
Napoleon's Balkan Troops
Publisher
Category
Author
Vladimir Brnardic
Publish Year
2004
Pages
48
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147472786
MFG. Part #
OSPMAA410
Type
Softcover
Series
MAA410

Description

South-east Europe is one of the most neglected fronts of the Napoleonic Wars; yet on the coast of the Adriatic Sea – broadly, former Western Yugoslavia and the Ionian Islands – France struggled to hold a vital strategic outpost dominating Austrian and Russian access to the Mediterranean. Here she took into imperial service former Austrian frontier regiments, which fought with distinction in Russia in 1812; and raised irregulars from among the exotic warrior populations to guard the Turkish frontier inland, and the coasts and islands from British naval raids. This detailed review of all such troops is illustrated with rare prints and meticulous colour plates.