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    Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst von Wahlstatt (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɛphaʁt ˈleːbəʁɛçt fɔn ˈblʏçɐ]; 21 December 1742 – 12 September 1819), Graf...
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    and the repudiation of the Treaty of Versailles. Named for Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, the Prussian victor of the Battle of Waterloo, the ship was...
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    Frederick William von Blücher (Danish: Frederik Vilhelm von Blücher; German: Friedrich Wilhelm von Blücher; 14 January 1760 — 16 May 1806) was a Danish...
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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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    blucher is named after the 18th-century Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, who commissioned a boot with side pieces lapped over the front...
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    forces under the Duke of Wellington, the Prussian troops under Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, and soldiers from the Netherlands, the Province of Hanover...
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    Anton Ludwig Friedrich August Mackensen (ennobled as von Mackensen in 1899; 6 December 1849 – 8 November 1945), was a German field marshal. He commanded...
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    Anglophile descended from the great Prussian General-Field-Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742–1819), the first Prince, who had contributed notably to...
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    Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg and Prussian field marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher separated. Schwarzenberg's southern advance was slow while the...
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    town for about a decade until 1813. In nearby Lübeck-Ratekau, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, who was born in Rostock and who was one of few generals to...
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    Union in 1940. Admiral Hipper and Blücher took part in Operation Weserübung, the invasion of Norway in April 1940. Blücher was sunk by Norwegian coastal defenses...
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    the Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard von Blücher, the commander of Prussian forces at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Blücher was built at the Kaiserliche...
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  • Graf von Blücher[a] (31 January 1917 in Altengottern, Mühlhausen – 21 May 1941 near Heraklion) Leberecht Wilhelm Konstantin Wolf Axel Graf von Blücher[a]...
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    Germany between soldiers of the Kingdom of Prussia led by Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, who were retreating from defeat at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt...
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    then launched his Six Days' Campaign against the Coalition army under Blücher, which was threatening Paris from the northeast at the river Aisne. He...
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    and Russian force of the Army of Silesia under Field-marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. At the beginning of 1814, the armies of the French Empire,...
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    Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher advanced on Paris. After multiple attacks, manoeuvring, and reinforcements on both sides, Blücher won the Battle...
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  • James E., eds. (1815). The Life and Campaigns of Field Marshal Prince Blücher of Wahlstatt. New York's Public Library. OCLC 03142316. Goldensohn, Leon...
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    Imperial Russians and Prussians led by Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. The War of the Sixth Coalition engagement began when the bulk...
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    death. "Our saint is in heaven", exclaimed Prussian general Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. Louise's untimely death left her husband alone during a period...
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    have pushed Wellington closer to the Prussian forces, led by Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, but might have cut Wellington's communications with his base...
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    Württemberg. While Napoleon's army mauled an Allied army under Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, the main Allied army commanded by Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg...
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  • final role was in Bondarchuk's Waterloo as Prussian Marschall Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, just a few months before his death. He died in Tbilisi. Medal...
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    with 95,000 Prussians and Russians, commanded by Field Marshal Gebhard von Blücher, the Army of the North, 135,000 Swedes, Russians, Prussians, and...
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    failed to block their retreat. The Prussians were led by General Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, and the Russians by General Peter Wittgenstein. The Prusso-Russian...
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    against the French occupation. Prussian troops under Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher contributed crucially in the Battle of Waterloo of 1815 to the...
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  • Waterloo (1970 film) (category Cultural depictions of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher)
    Honourable Sir William Ponsonby Sergo Zakariadze as Field Marshal Gebhard von Blücher, Fürst von Wahlstatt Terence Alexander as Lieutenant-General Henry Paget...
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    gradient of 1 in 450. It was named after the Prussian general Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, who, after a speedy march, arrived in time to help defeat Napoleon...
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    Wilhelm II. In March 1890, the young Kaiser dismissed longtime Chancellor Otto von Bismarck and assumed direct control over his nation's policies, embarking...
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    Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. After heavy fighting that went on into the night, the French seized a château, nearly capturing Blücher. However...
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