Weapons and Warfare throughout history and the analysis of doctrine, strategy and tactics.
Weapons and Warfare throughout history and the analysis of doctrine, strategy and tactics.
Weapons and Warfare throughout history and the analysis of doctrine, strategy and tactics.
Prince Windisch-Graetz in an 1852 lithograph. Prague, Barricades during the revolution of 1848, June 1848 Alfred Candidus Ferdinand, Prince of Windisch-Graetz (German: Alfred Candidus Ferdinand Fürst zu Windisch-Graetz) (May 11, 1787, Brussels — March 21, 1862, Vienna) was an Austrian army officer who distinguished himself throughout the wars fought by the Habsburg Monarchy in the […]
Read moreHungarian revolutionary, politician, and statesman, who served most of his political career in the House of Habsburg, as prime minister and defense minister of Hungary and later as joint foreign minister During the revolution of 1848–49 he was a member of KOSSUTH’s radical reform party. He was elected to the Hungarian Diet in 1847. As […]
Read more(October 20, 1822–June 1, 1884) Confederate General Lovell was a capable commander, but he had the misfortune of trying to defend weakly held New Orleans against superior Union forces. Officially exonerated for the loss, he was never fully trusted thereafter and spent the balance of the Civil War in minor commands. Mansfield Lovell was born […]
Read more<img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2484" data-attachment-id="2484" data-permalink="https://web.archive.org/web/20220202004758/https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2015/08/19/fridolin-von-senger-und-etterlin/fridolin_von_senger_und_etterlin__1891-1963_-_general_der_panzertruppe/" data-orig-file="https://web.archive.org/web/20220202004758/https://weaponsandwarfare.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/fridolin_von_senger_und_etterlin__1891-1963_-_general_der_panzertruppe.jpg" data-orig-size="521,780" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin (1891-1963). General der Panzertruppe in 1944, he commanded 17 Pz.Div. (1942) and XIV Pz.K. (1943). Awarded the Knight's Cross of Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="fridolin_von_senger_und_etterlin__1891-1963_._general_der_panzertruppe" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin (1891-1963). General der Panzertruppe in 1944, he commanded 17 Pz.Div. (1942) […]
Read moreSurrender of Madrid (Gros), 1808. Napoleon enters Spain’s capital during the Peninsular War By Jonathon Riley | Published in History Today Volume: 57 Issue: 7 2007 Serving general and military historian Jonathon Riley uses his personal knowledge of command to assess Napoleon’s qualities as a strategist, operational commander and battlefield tactician. By 1805, the year that […]
Read moreBrigadier General MacArthur holding a crop at a French chateau, September 1918 Born: January 26, 1880 Little Rock, Arkansas Died: April 5, 1964 Washington, D.C. American general Douglas MacArthur attained widespread fame through his military activities in the Pacific region during World War II (1939–45) and the Korean War (1950–53). His military conquests were sometimes […]
Read moreLeader of the Italian Norman contingent in the First Crusade (1096-1099) and subsequently prince of Antioch (1098-1111). Bohemund was the nickname of Mark, a son of Robert Guiscard, the Norman conqueror of southern Italy, by his marriage to the Norman Alverada. Guiscard repudiated this first marriage in 1058 in order to marry the Lombard princess […]
Read moreWilliam II with his generals. Erich von Ludendorff. (April 9, 1865–December 20, 1937) German Staff Officer Brilliant but mercurial, Ludendorff possessed one of the best tactical minds of World War I. When coupled with the steadying influence of Paul von Hindenburg, they constituted a formidable offensive team. However, Ludendorff proved stubborn and shortsighted in a […]
Read moreMaréchal de France. He spent most of his adult life in the French Army, joining as a young officer in 1662. He fought especially well in command of a regiment of royal dragoons in the Dutch War (1672-1678), which brought him to the notice of his superiors and of the king, Louis XIV. Boufflers rose […]
Read moreNansouty’s cuirassiers charging at the Battle of Friedland on 14 June 1807. Nansouty was one of Napoleon’s foremost heavy cavalry leaders. He served in most of the Emperor’s battles and earned respect for his deliberate and devastating charges. Although Nansouty was considered by many to be overly cautious, he was a commander who prided himself […]
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