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  Dresden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dresden is the capital city of the German federal state of Saxony, in a valley on the river Elbe.
Dresden is slightly less than two hours south of Berlin, and about two hours north of Prague, capital of the Czech Republic.
Dresden was not the only German city devastated by World War II bombing, but the bombing of Dresden in 1945 has become one of the most controversial events of that war.
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 DRESDEN - LoveToKnow Article on DRESDEN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dresden is the residence of the king, the seat of government for the kingdom of Saxony, and the headquarters of the XII.
A little to the south of Dresden, on the left, bank of the Elbe, is the village Rgcknitz, in which is Moreaus monument, erected on the spot where he was mortally wounded in 1813.
Still, the left attack may have had a purely tactical object, for in that quarter was the main body of the Prussians and Russians, and Napoleons method was always to concentrate the fury of the attack on the heaviest masses of the enemy, i.e.
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 Battle of Dresden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Dresden was fought on August 26-27, 1813, and resulted in a French victory under Napoleon Bonaparte against forces of the Sixth Coalition of Austrians, Russians and Prussians under Field Marshal Schwartzenberg.
Substantial pursuit was not undertaken after the battle, and the flanking corps was surrounded and forced to surrender a few days later at the Battle of Kulm.
On August 23, at the Battle of Grossbeeren, south of Berlin, Crown Prince Charles of Sweden (Formally French Marshal Bernadotte, one of Napoleon's most able commanders) defeated his old comrade Marshal Oudinot.
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 Encyclopedia: Battle of Dresden
The Battle of Dresden was fought on August 26-27, 1813, and resulted in a French victory under Napoleon Bonaparte against Austrians, Russians and Prussians under General Schwartzenberg.
However, Napoleon's victory was not as complete as it could have been, as he had to head north after the battle and thus substantial pursuit was not undertaken, and the flanking corps was surrounded and forced to surrender a few days later.
IPA: is the capital city of the German federal state of Saxony, is situated in a valley on the river Elbe.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Dresden   (259 words)

  
 Dresden
Dresden was of no military significance in World War II and had few, if any, strategic targets of importance to the war effort.
Dresden had become, above all other things that she was, a city of children, of women, of refugees, and of the injured and maimed who were recovering from their wounds in her many hospitals.
Dresden's population had almost doubled in the months before the attack, mainly as a result of the influx of refugees from the Eastern Front, most of them women and young children.
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 Dresden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dresden [ˈdreːsdn̩] (Sorbian/Lusatian Drježdźany), the capital city of the German federal state of Saxony, is situated in a valley on the river Elbe.
Dresden is internationally known for the controversial firebombing of the city by Allied air forces during World War II.
Dresden is located at 51°03′ N 13°45′ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=51_03_N_13_45_E_), in the southeastern corner of eastern Germany; about two hours south of Germany's capital, Berlin, and about two hours north of Prague, capital of the Czech Republic.
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 Dresden : Battle of Dresden : Napoleonic Wars : Napoleon Bonaparte
Following the battles of Lutzen and Bautzen, Napoleon Bonaparte - needing to reorganise and resupply his armies - accepted a 10-week truce from the Allies.
In the north, former marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte had 100,000 troops, Field Marshal Gebhard Blucher commanded a similar size army in the south-east and General Schwarzenberg had 240,000 men approaching from the south.
One of the key cities for the campaign was Dresden - the capital of Saxony - and now the opposing forces moved to occupy it first.
www.napoleonguide.com /battle_dresden.htm   (451 words)

  
 Dresden, Battle of --  Encyclopædia Britannica
It was fought on the outskirts of the Saxon capital of Dresden, between Napoleon's 120,000 troops and 170,000 Austrians, Prussians, and Russians under Prince Karl Philipp Schwarzenberg.
Dresden is the traditional capital of Saxony and the third largest city in eastern Germany after Berlin and Leipzig.
The third largest city in eastern Germany, Dresden lies in the basin of the Elbe River 19 miles (30 kilometers) north of the Czech border and 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Berlin.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9031178?tocId=9031178   (885 words)

  
 Sixth Coalition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
With their armies reorganized along more Napoleonic lines, they defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Leipzig in Saxony in October 1813, and mounted a successful invasion of France in 1814, forcing Napoleon to abdicate and restoring the House of Bourbon.
It included the battles of Smolensk, Borodino, Lützen, Dresden and the epic Battle of Nations - the largest of the Napoleonic wars, and indeed the largest battle in Western history up until the First World War.
The final stage of the campaign, the defence of France, saw the Emperor temporarily return to his former talent as he fought off immensely numerically superior armies in the Six Days Campaign, which many say was the best campaign of his entire career.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Battle of Dresden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dresden, Battle of, major engagement of the Napoleonic Wars in which the French forces defeated the allied armies of Austria, Prussia, and Russia at...
Napoleonic Wars : conduct of the wars – battles : Battle of Dresden: Murat, Joachim
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 Battle of Leipzig, ('The Battle of Nations'), 16-18 October 1813
The battle of Leipzig was the largest battle of the Napoleonic wars and the largest battle in Europe until the First World War easily ranking as one of the largest battles in History.
The campaign of 1813 started with two battles at Lutzen and then Bautzen but despite French victories they were unable too make anything of their success because they were too weak, and as the Autumn of 1813 began the stage was set for the battle of Leipzig.
On the 26-27th August Napoleon was in action again at the Battle of Dresden in which he was to gain his last victory on German soil.
www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/battles_leipzig.html   (570 words)

  
 BATTLE OF DRESDEN - Online Information article about BATTLE OF DRESDEN
marches for Dresden, around which a position for the whole army had been chosen and fortified, though at the moment this was held by less than 20,000 men under See also:
horse available in and about Dresden, was still able to move where the Allied guns sank in mud.
Gross Dobritz and Reick with their usual steadiness, and Ney was so far advanced that several generals at the Allied headquarters suggested a counter-attack of the centre by way of Strehlen, so as to cut off the French left from Dresden.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /BAR_BEC/BATTLE_OF_DRESDEN.html   (1506 words)

  
 Articles - Dresden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dresden is located at 51°03′ N 13°45′ E, in the southeastern corner of eastern Germany; about two hours south of Germany's capital, Berlin, and about two hours north of Prague, capital of the Czech Republic.
Because he planned to make Dresden the most important royal residence, Augustus set out to discover the Chinese secret of porcelain (‘white gold’); under his rule, European porcelain was invented in Dresden and Meißen.
Dresden's reputation for culture is better known than its highly developed optics industry (Carl Zeiss later Praktica), which produced precision aiming devices during the war.
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 Battle of Dresden, 26-27 August 1813
The only French victory of the Leipzig campaign and Napoleons last on German soil the battle of Dresden was Napoleon at far from his best.
Marching against Napoleon the Allies had massed 80,000 men at the gates of Dresden by 25th August and if they had moved quickly they could have re-taken the city from the French, instead as often hindered the Allies throughout the Napoleonic wars politics slowed them.
The Town of Dresden was fortified to some extent with outlying areas being prepared with loopholes and firing steps and barricades, that said the defensive line was 8 km long and the French commander St Cyr had too few men to defend it, fact he had only 1 man per 10 paces in most areas.
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 MercoPress - Falklands-Malvinas & South Atlantic News
Dresden took part in the Battle of Coronel on 1st November 1914 when the Germans inflicted a crushing defeat on the Royal Navy and on the 8th December was the only German ship to survive the Battle of the Falklands.
Escaping from the battle, Dresden took a wide sweep around Cape Horn to attempt to escape into the vast expanses of the Pacific Ocean.
The crew of the Dresden was interned by the Chilean Navy in Chilean territory, but many of them managed to escape and returned to Germany taking advantage of the many German settlers in southern Chile and Argentina.
www.falkland-malvinas.com /Detalle.asp?NUM=5348   (1719 words)

  
 Sun Kings and Revolution: The Story of France   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1415, the English king, Henry V, launched a new invasion of France and defeated the French at the famous Battle of Agincourt in that year, won by a new secret weapon: the longbow, which gave the English archers a vastly superior range for their weapons.
Two recorded incidents are that she helped a seriously wounded English soldier in the middle of one battle, and that she broke down and wept when several English soldiers were drowned in a moat while attempting to escape the French.
Though the decisive battles were fought in Europe, the war extended to the colonies, where the British and French settlements in North America became involved in a war which involved the Native American population, known as the French and Indian Wars.
www4.stormfront.org /whitehistory/hwr26.htm   (6306 words)

  
 Sixth Scale Battle
Later in the defensive battles in Tunisia, Rommel himself took control of the 21st Panzer while it fought in the battles for Kasserine Pass.
The 21st Panzer was still in France when the Allies launched their invasion of Normandy in June of 1944, and the division was thrown into action against the Allied positions as the only Panzer unit to do so on the 1st day of the attack, June 6th.
Most of its armour was lost early in the battles, but the Grenadiers of the Division fought in and around Caen for many weeks.
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 Germany`s leaders battle for Dresden bonus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
While the Dresden result can only marginally extend or erode the thin lead held by Merkel`s conservative alliance of Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Socialist Union, both parties would rather have their camp win to take home a psychological boost for next week`s coalition talks.
For Dresden, that means an unusual political prominence: Schroeder spoke Friday at a local SPD party event, and Merkel addressed her followers in a Dresden downtown market square.
Mueller, like many in Dresden, is frustrated that election results from the rest of the country were published on the eve of the Sept. 18 vote.
news.monstersandcritics.com /europe/article_1051781.php/...   (1027 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Europe | Battle to save Dresden's treasures
Workers in Germany's Baroque city of Dresden - the Florence of the North - battled to protect its palaces and save priceless works of art as the floodwaters rose steadily.
Most of Dresden's ornate buildings were devastated by Allied bombing in 1945, with restoration of many only being completed in the past decade following reunification.
Rebuilt Dresden is now one of Germany's top cultural attractions and tourist spots with many of the landmarks near the banks of the Elbe.
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 OSG Forums - Development
All of that means that the Dresden game would have to use its own set of rules in any possible Campaign Game.
It would be great to have Mark Hinkle of NES to design the counters for Four Lost Battles, as we could then intermix the counters of the two games, which would move us along in the direction of the kind of campaign game you are thinking of.
To answer your question about the OB for the Four Lost Battles, right now, the French counter mix including baggage trains, leaders, and a few vedettes is 200 units.
www.napoleongames.com /forums/showthread.php?p=450   (1219 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Dresden
Dresden, city in east central Germany, capital of Saxony (Sachsen).
A port on the Elbe River, near the Czech Republic, it is the focus of one of...
During the years following World War I, Dix became associated with George Grosz, Max Beckmann, and other German artists who shared his critical view...
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 Analysis: German neo-Nazis and allied bombs -- World Peace Herald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It is a year of anniversaries in Germany: the bombing of Wuerzburg and Dresden, the liberation of the concentration camp Buchenwald, the battle of Berlin and the end of World War II.
The NDP's first fight after gaining its larger support is the battle of Dresden's history.
For May 8, the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, the NPD has announced that several meetings and demonstrations have been planned in Berlin and other cities in eastern Germany, where the support of the party is stronger than in the west.
www.wpherald.com /print.php?StoryID=20050210-061625-4825r   (956 words)

  
 Republique
Battle of Luckenwald · Davout vs The Russians (all of them) · Stuck on a Limb
Prussian and French Orders of Battle for the day of October 14, 1806.
Allied orders of battle for the 1813 Dresden Campaign, August, 1813.
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 Napoleon Series Battle Lists
On these ever growing pages you will find information about the battles and treaties of the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars.
So if you search for further informations or if you want to know where the figures of the battle lists come from then please have a look into this list.
All naval battles are in the "Other actions and Naval Battles" section.
www.napoleon-series.org /military/c_listings.html   (572 words)

  
 The Killing Ground   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
At one day per turn and 2.5 km a hex the game system allows players to make and change both operational decisions and tactical techniques over an extended period.
In fact, the game system forces each side fight a different type of battle using strengths and terrain unique to each army, and to each part of the map.
Air interdiction, carpet bombing, supply buildup for operations, and German defensive and armor superiority are realistically portrayed while still maintaining playability.
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 Johann Georg Palitzsch (1723 - 1788)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
His former residence was detroyed during the Battle at Dresden in August 1813.
In 1877, the city of Dresden has honored him with a monument close to his former residence.
In 1935, the astronomical community honored him by naming a Moon Crater after him: Moon crater Palitzsch is situated at 28.0S, 64.5E and 41.0 km across.
www.seds.org /messier/xtra/Bios/palitzsch.html   (325 words)

  
 On this Day In History - August 27   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Americans are defeated by the British at the Battle of Long Island, New York.
The Allies defeat Napoleon at the Battle of Dresden.
As the Second Battle of Bull Run rages, Confederate soldiers attack Loudoun County, Virginia.
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 Republique - French Order of Battle for Dresden
This historical order of battle is for August 10, 1813.
It shows the orders of battle for the French Army and its various allied contingents.
Some adjustments have been made to parts of the real order of battle, especially if formation commanders are not known or where mixed Cavalry/Infantry formations exist.
www.wtj.com /games/republique/ob_dresden_fr.htm   (614 words)

  
 NIR Battleground Project
Scenario N° 3 : The Battle of Dresden, August 26-27, 1813
Description : August.29-30, 1813 90 Turns - [Historical ] - Vandamme was orderd to press the Army of Bohemia in the passes over the Erzeberg.
Scenario N° 22 : The Battle of Wartenburg, Oktober 3, 1813
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