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Richard Brzezinski

Auteur van Polish Armies, 1569-1696 (1)

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Not my normal read but this was actually surprisingly interesting.
 
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Nick_Tinsley | 1 andere bespreking | Aug 5, 2023 |
Lutzen 1632 lýsir einni af örlagaríkustu bardögum 30 ára stríðsins í Mið-Evrópu. Þetta var stríð þar sem kaþólikkar og mótmælendur bárust á banaspjótum og hin ýmsu þýsku smáríki börðust innbyrðist með íhlutun erlendra málaliða, herja og annarra ríkja. Gústav Adolf Svíakonungur er sennilega þekktastur erlendu konunganna sem börðust í 30 ára stríðinu. Leiddi baráttu mótmælenda um tíma og var mjög sigursæll en svo fór að lokum að hugrekki hans og dirfska varð honum að bana við Lutzen 1632. Þrátt fyrir fall hans voru úrslit daglangs bardagans óljós, að hluta sigur mótmælendaherjanna en einnig kaþólikka og fall Gústavs Adólfs markaði endalok stórveldisdrauma Svía.… (meer)
 
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SkuliSael | Apr 28, 2022 |
The Book we see is a second volume in the complicated process of presenting a representative sample of the military structure of a large and hastily assembled state. We see examples of the direct mercenary, civic and ethnic minority troopers of Poland. The images are striking, the information solid and we get an prononing glossary of some military terminology.
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DinadansFriend | 1 andere bespreking | Jul 17, 2019 |
The kingdom of Poland was torn apart by its neighbours in three deals. 1772, 1793, and 1795 were the dates when Austria, Prussia and Russia took their slices. These handbooks deal with the extremely colourful army that upheld the kingdom until that diplomatic coup. As Poland was an extremely large country by European standards the army was diverse, and an interesting field of study. This first partition of the the study covers those troops raised by the Royal government. The map is quite perfunctory, but the plates are attractive and the diversity of equipment is formidable.… (meer)
 
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DinadansFriend | 1 andere bespreking | Jul 16, 2019 |

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9
Leden
472
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#52,190
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½ 3.7
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8
ISBNs
11
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2

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