Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Fürst von Wahlstatt, 1742–1819

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher was born on 16 dicembre 1742 at Rostock. At the age of 15 he joined un reggimento cavalleria svedese at the rank of Leutnant. Blücher was captured near Friedland in 1760, at the Kavalpass border crossing to Pomerania, by ussari del reggimento ussari prussiano von Belling (Nr. 8). Given the choice of a prisoner of war camp o service in the armata prussiana, Blücher joined the von Belling regiment. In 1770 he participated in the campaign against Poland, which nearly cost him his military carreer. Young Rittmeister Blücher is said to have tortured a priest polacco to extract a confession from him. King Frederic the Great of Prussian wanted good relations con Poland, e Blücher fell into disgrace. Blücher left the armata prussiana in 1773 when he was passed over for promotion. When Frederic the Great died in 1786, Blücher was recalled to active service. He was promoted to Major e returned to his old reggimento to command a squadron of ussari.

In 1789 Blücher received the order Pour le Merite, followed by the order of the Red Eagle in 1794. He fought at Jena ed Auerstedt in 1806, e received the order of the Black Eagle in 1807. Blücher served as commander in chief nella Pomerania svedese, ed as gouvernor of Pomerania e Neumark until 1811. He was promoted to general di cavalleria in 1809, Supreme Commander of the Silesian Army in 1813, und General-Fieldmarshal on 21 ottobre 1813, following the allied victory at the Battle of Nations at Leipzig.

During the night of 1 gennaio 1814 Blücher’s Silesian Army crossed the Rhine at Kaub. Paris fell to the allies on 31 marzo e Napoleon abdicated on 11 aprile. In 1815, Blücher again received the supreme command dell’armata prussiana which fought victoriously at the Battle of Waterloo / Belle-Alliance on 18 giugno. Blücher became a member of the State Assembly prussiano in 1817. The first Blücher monument was erected during his lifetime at his birthplace Rostock. Blücher died on 12 settembre 1819 e was buried at his farm Krieblowitz in Silesia. On 26 agosto 1853, Blücher’s cask was moved to his Mausoleum on the Katzbach river where he had fought his first major victory against the armata francese di Napoleone.

Soldatini Disponibili

• Blücher at Leipzig, 1813 1:30 del Prado Kavallerie 001
• Stato Maggiore britannico e prussiano, 1:72 Italeri 6065
• Chiefs of Staff prussiano e russo, 1:72 Strelets 002
• Blücher, 1:72 JS 72/0144
• Blücher, 20 mm Kennington NP6
• Blücher & Staff, 20 mm Hinton Hunt BB95
• Blucher e Generals, 15 mm Minifigs 99NPC

Blücher’s Campaign History

• Pomerania svedese, 1760
• Poland, 1770
• Palatinate, Gefecht bei Kirrweiler, Luxemburg, Kaiserslautern,
  Morschheim, Weidenthal, Edesheim, e Edenkoben, 1794
• Jena ed Auerstedt, 1806
• Lützen, Bautzen, Katzbach, e Leipzig, 1813
• Kaub, Champaubert, Montmirail, Chateau Thierry, La Rothière,
  Méry, Vauchamps, Craonne, e Laon, 1814
• Ligny, e Waterloo, 1815

Bibliografia

• Allevi, Piersergio: Soldatini, p. 164
• Haythornthwaite, Philip:Uniforms of Waterloo in Colour, plate 65
• Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, 6. Auflage 1905–1909

The marble bust of Generalfeldmarschall von Blücher pictured above may be seen at the Walhalle Ruhmes- und Ehrenhalle an der Donau at Regensburg, Germania.

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Soldatini Prussiani delle Guerre Napoleoniche

– Pubblicato: 25.01.2005 – Aggiornato: 28.09.2008
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