The Polish Armies, 1569-1696 (Häftad)
avRichard Brzezinski
ISBN: 9780850457360 - UTGIVEN: 198704Few people will realise that at one time the Polish state was one of Europe's great powers. One of the chief instruments of her success was undoubtedly her army, which though small can claim many accomplishments and major successes in the 16th and 17th centuries. Richard Brzezinski redresses this im[...]
Polish Armies, 1569-1696 (Häftad)
avRichard Brzezinski
ISBN: 9780850457445 - UTGIVEN: 199801The 17th century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was almost as varied as modern America. Alongside Slavs lived Lithuanians and other Balts, Germans, Tatars, Armenian merchants, Jewish traders, and even a remarkably large populations of Scots. This variety of cultures had a strong influence on the Pol[...]
Army of Gustavus Adolphus (Häftad)
avRichard Brzezinski
ISBN: 9780850459975 - UTGIVEN: 199107The 'Lion of the North', King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, was one of the major players in the Thirty Years War of 1618-48. In 1630 Gustavus - the last champion of the Protestants - crushed the Catholics at Breitenfeld in a victory widely viewed as the fulfillment of a prophecy foretelling the defea[...]
The Sarmatians 600 BC-AD 450 (Häftad)
avMariusz Mielczarek, Richard Brzezinski
ISBN: 9781841764856 - UTGIVEN: 200208For a thousand years the Sarmatian tribes had contacts with the major military powers of the ancient world - Darian Persia, the Crimean and Pontic kingdoms, the Celts, Thracians and finally the Romans. These armoured horsemen of the southern Russian steppes migrated into the Roman world at first as [...]
Polish Winged Hussar 1556-1775 (Häftad)
avRichard Brzezinski
ISBN: 9781841766508 - UTGIVEN: 200504This book examines the origins and development of the Polish Winged Hussars. Using many years' painstaking research drawn from unpublished Polish sources, the author provides a rounded view of the training, tactics, appearance and experiences of these legendary and fascinating warriors. The most dra[...]
Lutzen, 1632 (Häftad)
avRichard Brzezinski
ISBN: 9781855325524 - UTGIVEN: 200102The Thirty Years War, a religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants, raged across Europe between 1618 and 1648, devastating huge areas of Germany. By 1632 the Protestant powers were in a desperate situation until King Gustavus Adolphus II of Sweden, 'the Lion of the North', came to their re[...]
