Frederick the Great
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Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, is considered the best commander of the European Enlightenment. Despite possessing relatively few people and resources, he transformed the tiny Prussian state into a great military power (which arguably wouldn't be brought down until 1945). Strategically, he modernized the Prussian military into a well-trained, well-disciplined unit. He taught them to fire faster, march with more precision, and deploy artillery quicker. Tactically, he employed oblique tactics which massed all units on one side of the battle line in order to sweep through the enemy forces one at a time (instead of all at once). This allowed Frederick to achieve victories against numerically-superior enemies at Hohenfriedberg, Rossbach, and Leuthen.
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Frederick
Frederick
Frederick
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Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, is considered the best commander of the European Enlightenment. Despite possessing relatively few people and resources, he transformed the tiny Prussian state into a great military power (which arguably wouldn't be brought down until 1945). Strategically, he modernized the Prussian military into a well-trained, well-disciplined unit. He taught them to fire faster, march with more precision, and deploy artillery quicker. Tactically, he employed oblique tactics which massed all units on one side of the battle line in order to sweep through the enemy forces one at a time (instead of all at once). This allowed Frederick to achieve victories against numerically-superior enemies at Hohenfriedberg, Rossbach, and Leuthen.
For more information, read:
Military Blunders by Geoffrey Regan
Dictionary of Battles by David Chandler
Extreme War by Terrence Poulos
Military History Podcast is sponsored by Armchair General Magazine
posted by George Hageman at 3:19 PM
2 Comments:
Hi George,
I am Kang Heong from Singapore, and I would like to thank you for your efforts to produce your wonderful podcast. It is informative and interesting, and I enjoy listening to them regularly.
By the way, the link to the epidode "Retiring the M16" is not working. I wonder if you could fix the problem? I am very interested in listening to that episode.
Thank you very much once again, and keep up the great work! Will contribute if I can in the future.
Cheers!
The M16 episode is a keeper! Lot's of good in-depth info.
thx, mp
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