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From the Publisher:x0Dx0AAs war loomed over Germany in the early summer of 1866, Bavaria aligned itself with Austria against Prussia and armed for war. The Bavarian chief of staff, Ludwig Freiherr von der Tann, met with the Austrian leadership and suggested that the Bavarian army march into Bohemia. There they would form the left wing of the Austrian North Army, and along with the Saxons would hold off the Prussian First Army at Jicin while the Austrians dealt with the Prussian Second Army.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AVon der Tann’s bold plan might well have given the Allies victory, but the Austrian commander, Ludwig von Benedek, turned him down and Bavaria pursued a separate strategy. By the time Benedek changed his mind and called for the Bavarians to advance, it s already too late.

From the Publisher:x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AThe Emperor Napoleon had achieved his greatest victory only four months earlier at Jena-Auerstadt, crushing the Prussian army and state. But now, in the dead of winter, Prussia’s ally, the Russians, under General Levin Bennigsen forced the Emperor to roust his victorious but weary troops from their winter quarters & set the stage for a confrontation between the two continental giants. Would this too end in another stunning victory for the Emperor of the French or would a different outcome await Napoleon in the snows of East Prussia?