ROAD TO KONIGGRATZ: Helmuth von Moltke and the Austro-Prussian War 1866

828 Pages·2010·46.58 MB·English

by  Quintin Barry

The commanders of the victorious Prussian army of 1866. (Rogers)

By the same author:
The Franco-Prussian War Volume 1: The Campaign of Sedan. Helmuth von Moltke and the
Overthrow of the Second Empire
The Franco-Prussian War Volume 2: After Sedan. Helmuth von Moltke and the Defeat of the
Government of National Defence
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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I Prelude
1 Helmuth von Moltke

2 Moltke and the General Staff

3 The New Technology

4 Army Reform

5 Strategic Planning

6 Schleswig-Holstein

7 The Dannewerk

8 Düppel

9 Alsen

10 Mounting Tension

Part II Preparation
11 Mobilisation
12 Deployment
13 The Prussian Army

14 The Austrian Army

15 Final Plans

16 Countdown to War

Part War
III
17 Confronting the Middle States

18 Langensalza

19 The Advance into Bohemia

20 The Second Army in the Mountains

21 Gitschin

Part Königgrätz
IV
22 Contact Regained

23 The Swiepwald

24 Anxiety on the Roskosberg

25 The Taking of Chlum
26 The Advance of the Army of the Elbe

27 Rosberitz

28 Victory

Part V Aftermath
29 Custozza

30 Advance to the Danube

31 Kissingen

32 The Fall of Frankfurt

33 The End of the Confederation

34 Moltke at Nikolsburg

35 Conclusion

Appendices
Orders of Battle
I Order of Battle, Combined Allied Army in 1864
II Order of Battle, Royal Danish Army in 1864
III Order of Battle of the Royal Prussian Army in 1866
IV Order of Battle of the Imperial Austrian Army of the North in 1866
V Order of Battle of the Royal Saxon Army Corps in 1866
VI Order of Battle of the Royal Hanoverian Army on June 18 1866
VII Order of Battle of the Electoral Hessian Division in 1866
VIII Order of Battle of the Royal Bavarian Army in 1866
IX Order of Battle of the VIII Federal Corps on July 9 1866
X Order of Battle of the Detachment of Major General von Flies in the Battle of Langensalza
June 27 1866
XI Order of Battle of the Prussian Army of the Main (from July 20 1866)
XII Order of Battle of the Royal Italian Army in June 1866
XIII Order of Battle of the Imperial Austrian Army of the South in June 1866
Notes
Bibliography