The Blücher Order (German: Blücher-Orden) was an order of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It was named after the Prussian Generalfeldmarschall Gebhard...
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Blücher was forced to resign by Frederick the Great for insubordination. He worked as a farmer until the death of Frederick in 1786, when Blücher was...
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Blücher may refer to: Blücher (surname) Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742–1819), Prussian field marshal who led the Prussians at the Battle of Waterloo...
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Immediately upon entering service, Blücher was assigned to the task force that supported the invasion of Norway in April 1940. Blücher served as the flagship of...
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in America, Blücher traveled in popular academic circles and appears prominently in the lives of various New York intellectuals. Blücher was born in Berlin...
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Franz Blücher (24 March 1896 – 26 March 1959) was a German politician and member of the German Parliament (Bundestag). Blücher was born in Essen, Kingdom...
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Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard von Blücher, the commander of Prussian forces at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Blücher was built at the Kaiserliche Werft...
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Vasily Blyukher (redirect from Vasili Konstantinovich Blücher)
in commemoration of the famous Prussian Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742–1819). As a teenager, he was employed at a machine works, but was...
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Battle of Ligny (section Blücher is incapacitated)
Namur. Blücher and Wellington had to avoid above all being separated. Still in the morning of the battle Wellington rode to a meeting with Blücher at the...
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Iron Cross (redirect from Order Of The Iron Cross (1st Class))
Iron Cross (also called the Blücher Star), was awarded only twice, to Generalfeldmarschall Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher in 1813 and to Generalfeldmarschall...
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Battle of Drøbak Sound (section End of Blücher)
cruiser's fuel bunkers, igniting further fires. By this point, Blücher was doomed. At 06:22, Blücher sank bow first into the depths of the Oslofjord, first lying...
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of Wellington, Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt, Graf von Bülow von Dennewitz and Graf von Gneisenau. During the 19th century the Order was awarded to military...
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(84,000 men), under the command of Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher Lieutenant-General (Chief of staff): August von Gneisenau I Corps, commander:...
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Johann von Biron Peter von Biron Otto von Bismarck Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher Yevgeny Bolkhovitinov Boris III of Bulgaria Constantin Brâncoveanu Franciszek...
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Marshal Blücher is an 1814 portrait painting by the English artist Thomas Lawrence of the Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. Blücher was...
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Army of Silesia commanded by Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. Between 10 and 15 February 1814, the French inflicted losses of at least...
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Barclay de Tolly King Charles XIV John of Sweden Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington...
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Hannah Arendt (redirect from Hannah Arendt Blücher)
the self-educated Berlin poet and Marxist philosopher Heinrich Blücher in Paris. Blücher had been a Spartacist and then a founding member of the KPD, but...
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British shells straddled Blücher. The British fire was concentrated on the battlecruiser Seydlitz at the head of the line and Blücher at the rear. With five...
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Oslofjord Warship Group Five – Rear Admiral Oskar Kummetz Objective Oslo Blücher – Kapitän zur See Heinrich Woldag, flagship (sunk 9 April by the Norwegian...
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the Prussian Army participated at Jena–Auerstedt, including Gebhard von Blücher, Carl von Clausewitz, August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Gerhard von Scharnhorst...
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Liverpool. On 19 August 1907, she married Gebhard Blücher von Wahlstatt, the fourth Fürst (Prince) Blücher (1865–1931), an Anglophile descended from the great...
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Friendship Patriotic Order of Merit Banner of Labour Scharnhorst Order Blücher Order Combat Order of Merit for the People & Fatherland Orders, decorations, and...
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Battle of Craonne (section French order of battle)
major battle. Instead of cutting off Blücher from Laon, Napoleon had to pursue the Allied army directly. If Blücher had added Sacken's infantry to Vorontsov's...
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sufficient strength to provide von Blücher with support on 16 June at the Battle of Ligny. Wellington did not order his entire army to Quatre Bras on 16...
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Bernadotte, unknown to Napoleon, lay on Blücher's left around Halle. Napoleon decided to throw the bulk of his force on Blücher, and, having routed him, turn south...
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Pattern 1796 light cavalry sabre (redirect from Blucher sabre)
Napoleonic Wars. It was adopted by the Prussians (as the 1811 pattern or "Blücher sabre") and used by Portuguese and Spanish cavalry. During the early part...
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The Imperial Order of Saint Anna (Russian: Орден Святой Анны; also "Order of Saint Anne" or "Order of Saint Ann") was a Holstein ducal and then Russian...
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guns. The Prussian Army was led by Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prince of Wahlstadt and his chief of staff August von Gneisenau and remained...
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agencies or Communist organizations were considered to be in breach of public order and not allowed to be worn. Those were such as decorations issued by the...
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