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Kolin, 1757: Frederick the Great's First Defeat (Osprey Campaign, No. 91)

Kolin, 1757: Frederick the Great's First Defeat (Osprey Campaign, No. 91)

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Kolin, 1757: Frederick the Great's First Defeat (Osprey Campaign, No. 91)

by Millar, Simon

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New York: Osprey, 2001. 2nd Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 7x0x9. Hook, Adam. Second printing. Minor edge wear. 2001 Soft Cover. 96 pp. Osprey's examination of the highly devastating battle of the Seven Years' War (1756-1763). 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 despatched 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.

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Simon Millar went to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1977, was commissioned into the 17th/21st Lancers and in 1984 transferred to the Irish Guards. He retired as a Major in 1994. He has always had an interest in military history and is widely read, with a particular interest in the Seven Years War, the Peninsular War and the African and Italian campaigns of World War II.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Kolin, 1757: Frederick the Great's First Defeat (Osprey Campaign, No. 91)
Author
Millar, Simon
Illustrator
Hook, Adam
Format/Binding
Soft Cover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
2nd Printing
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
1841762970
ISBN 13
9781841762975
Publisher
Osprey
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2001
Size
7x0x9
Keywords
MILITARY HISTORY OSPREY CAMPAIGN SEVEN YEARS WAR BRITAIN BRITISH HISTORY EUROPEA EUROPEAN HISTORY AUSTRIA AUSTRIAN HISTORY
X weight
11 oz

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