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    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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    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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    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 (also called the Blücher Star), was awarded only twice, to Generalfeldmarschall Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher in 1813 and to Generalfeldmarschall...
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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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