In 2006 the old dominican church in maastricht got a new destiny. Johann sebastian bach was born and worked here as a choirmaster. As we do this since more than 10 years we thought it is time for our own blog. Russian army moral 38 break point 12 battalions4 regiments3 cossack pulks 3 batteries. There was a big show with around 6000 reenactors etc. The book can be purchased online in german and english versions in the eshop of his site, along with other items dvds, cartoons related with the diorama. You can see a playbyplay of a game using this terrain in a free ebook. Idea books is an international wholesaler and distributor of high quality books and catalogues on contemporary architecture, art, photography, design, fashion. Being a historical enthusiast i wanted to fulfill my dream of producing my own figures in this scale too. Y ou can see above the book crobern 18 the battle of the nations in miniature by wolfgang meyer describing the making of his fabulous and amazing crobern diorama. Due to the recent developments around the corona virus het nieuwe instituut is temporarily closed. Oct 21, 2016 this pin was discovered by walter sprague.
The battle was fought at leipzig, in saxony, between approximately 185,000 french and other troops under napoleon, and approximately 320,000. The battle of the nations, peter hofschroer, osprey, 1993, 96 pages. The battle of leipzig or battle of the nations russian. The battle of leipzig was, in terms of the number of combatants involved, the. Sink argentinas carrier 1982 the secret british falklands war mission duration. Leipzig 18 chapter 2, a historical fiction fictionpress. The bornaische post road, led from leipzig to borna. Napoleons nemesis campaigns of the napoleonic wars vol. Warfighting functions through wargame simulation simulating a tactical combat scenario using largest battle of the napoleonic era 18, operational and strategic decisionmaking by u. Napoleons army also contained polish and italian troops, as well as germans from the confederation of the rhine.
A brief message from wolfgang meyer has announced the completion of the croebern diorama. Leipzig, battle of 18 the decisive battle of the 18 campaign in the war of russia, austria, prussia, and sweden against napoleonic france. Slaget vid leipzig was fought from 16 to 19 october 18, at leipzig, saxony. En face, le general reynier et ses saxons profrancais. The amazing croebern diorama croebern18 is an ambitious project run by three german entusiasts. Leipzig, battle of 18 article about leipzig, battle of. Together, they and many others align with a tradition that dates more than 150 years back. After the disaster of russia, the breach between the tactical abilities of the french army and its enemies practically disppeared whereas the emperors genius was not the same than before. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by the miniatures page. I would also like to thank those who patronized my diorama shop, hoping that you enjoyed and still enjoy using my products for diorama building. Horse and musket blog has some good photos of the ingolstadt bavarian army museum battle of leipzig diorama.
The battle of leipzig, also known as the battle of the nations, was fought between napoleon and the three allied armies that had been approaching the city for several days. I use a european fields hotz mat over styrofoam hill contours. Me and my friends were given forces and i ended up with a veteran infantry brigade with strong artillery and excellent leadership at the extreme left. This time i rate my chances of completion much more highly because the theme is diorama bases which means a much smaller number of. The french grande armee lost and napoleon abdicated soon after. Dec 16, 20 the centerpiece of the exhibition of the napoleonic wars, which forms about 25 m. With the help of my wife and my friends daniela and patrick the great diorama could be built over.
June 2, 2014, my terrain is much simpler than bruces featured below. The citys musical reputation was well established at this time. Crobern 18 the battle of the nations in miniature details the conceptualisation and creation of a truly massive diorama of part of the south sector of the battle of leipzig. Leipzig 18 at the swedish army museum flodinminiatures. Here photos from a napoleonic diorama which was on show at dortmund in 2007. All members in good standing are free to post here. 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. The largest battle in europe until the first world war, and involving over half a million men, the sheer size of it is daunting. Diorama about the battle of leipzig, detail of the battle of markham on 16 october 18 through generous support of the association historic gatehouse markkleeberg 18 ev, we have succeeded in coming to us unknown information. Order your books online from nai booksellers bookshop.
The battle of leipzig was, in terms of the number of combatants involved, the largest engagement of the entire napoleonic wars. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading leipzig 18. Although encircled by a belt of parks and gardens, the city is a major industrial center and transport junction, and it lies at the core of the halle leipzig metropolitan agglomeration. That project want to show a frozen instant of the battle of leipzig 16th october 18 showing the arrival of the austrian army reserve, around 4. It contains the galgenberg, the highest elevation in the leipzig area. One of the most decisive battles of the napoleonic wars is described in this gripping narrative. Oct 08, 2015 1618 october 18 johann peter krafft 17801856victory declaration after the battle of leipzig, 18oil on canvas18 berlindeutsches historiches museum.
So i started working with several sculptors to produce exotic figures in 1. The french were taken from list 8jia french order of battle for leipzig, 1619 october 18 and the russians from the 8iik army of silesia, end of september. Nov 06, 2017 battle of leipzig 18 the battle of leipzig is something of a holy grail for napoleonic wargamers. Lutzen is close to leipzig and the battlefield is pretty much as it was in 18, although a mining operation has marred its southernmost side. Leipzig 18 this scenario uses the firestorm concept from the battlefront flames of war game. From that point in time onwards, numerous collectors have followed in their footsteps, contributing to the museum through. Befreiungskriege 18 14 painting and modelling 28mm napoleonic wargaming miniatures. That is good, since there is not a campaign book for dresden. The quality of the painted figures and the many small scenes are extremely impressive. 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 retaken the city from the french, instead as often throughout the napoleonic wars politics hindered the allies. We are a group of enthusiasts from all over the world, mostly germany, who create historical battles in scale 1.
Battle of leipzig, the battle of nations, 1618 october 18. The composer schumann worked in leipzig, while richard wagner was born here in the city in 18. A 15square metre diorama with 3,000 sculptural figures constitutes the muchadmired centrepiece of the exhibition. Around leipzig between 1419 october 18, 500,000 men would battle on what remains the greatest battlefield of the napoleonic wars. Wargaming links firstly heres our own 28mm commemoration refight of the 16th of october 18 battle, that took place here in new zealand. To be honest, this diorama is worlds better than all i ever did. The first six games are the topic of the following consimworld forum found here. The introductory information and the description of the 18 campaign prior to leipzig almost as detailed as that of the battle of nations itself. It is a fantastic read, lots of the details that wargamers like as there are many quotes from participant accounts. Project leipzig 18 a wargaming project using miniatures, napoleons battles, lasalle and song of drums and shakos. Emperor of france emperor of russia emperor of austria king of prussia leipzig was the biggest battle of the napoleonic wars. It was the largest battle of the 19th century with over 600,000 french, prussian, austrian, russian, swedish, and polish soldiers taking part. Still licking his wounds from a disastrous campaign in russia a year earlier, napoleon finally meets his match on october 1619 in leipzig.
Napoleon would fight to keep his grip on germany and beyond his empire. Permanent exhibitions stadtgeschichtliches museum leipzig. The blue hataustrians are bavarian national batallions who fought in 18 14. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The historians between you surely recognised that last week was the 200th aniversary of the battle of nations in leipzig. The battle of leipzig was fought for days in october 18 around and in leipzig, germany. Dont forget to visit the geschichte in miniaturen web page with dioramas for crobern, mockern and ahuenhain, as well as his old web site croebern 18. Museum zur volkerschlacht bei leipzig veranstaltungskalender. After seven years working on crobern diorama is now finally over. Leipzig, city, western saxony state, eastcentral germany. All our dioramas can be viewed in our own diorama museum in germany. It was the only battle of the wars in which all allied armies including even the swedes fielded troops against napoleon. Ligny, quatre bras, wavre and waterloo, published by pratzen editions 2010. Boekhandel dominicanen history of bookshop dominicanen libris.
It was also the bloodiest battle of all the napoleonic wars, with a mindblowing 92,000 casualties. Nov 16, 2016 the treasures of leipzigs small book shops published on november 16, 2016 september 29, 2019 in business leipzig tips literature my leipzig by harald kopping athanasopoulos if you ever held a german book printed before 1945, chances are it was printed in leipzig. Wolfgang meyer worked together with some other guys on this project. Oct 21, 2017 the game board depicted a section on the north side of leipzig 18 with 5 victory objectives. The quality is far away from what i can do today with a digital camera, but for me and maybe some other nostalgics they could be interesting. The battle of leipzig or battle of the nations was fought from 16 to 19 october 18, at leipzig, saxony. There is a diorama of the battle at a museum in grossgorschen and a number of memorials including some interesting ones for lowranking individual soldiers in nearby villages. Two history maps of the battle of leipzig october 1619, 18. This diorama, which was constructed with as much precision as possible in accordance with contemporary descriptions, includes a village near leipzig the way it might have appeared to an observer on 18th october 18, during the. A battle of leipzig 18 diorama featuring napoleons polish legions fighting under dabrowski and poniatowski in what would be their final battle. Dont forget to visit the geschichte in miniaturen web page with. The dio will be on show from the 16th of oct to the 20th at markkleeburg castle.
The battle of leipzig or battle of the nations, on 1619 october 18, was. Peter hofschroer looks at the runup to this crucial encounter as well as the battle itself. A very well regarded entry in the osprey catalogue, covering not just the battle of leipzig but the entire german campaign of 18 that led to the final collapse of napoleons empire. The treasures of leipzigs small book shops the leipzig glocal. My emphasis is on flexibility rather than diorama like beauty. A s many of you surely know, i am a follower of the croebern18 web site. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A army of bohemia, under schwarzenburg b army of silesia, under blucher blucher c austrians, under giulay. The crobern diorama is finished and it turned out exactly as i had always imagined. Now when scanning the old photos i made i found some from this diorama. Fascinating explanation of the 18 battle of leipzig, the largest battle in europe prior to world war i. Some units were not used, to acommodate a feasible number of units on the tablegame.
As leipzig itself is far outside the means of many gamers this scenario is a framework for playing the great battle over 5 sessions, one for each day. They are making a very big diorama of the crobern area, during the first day of the battle of leipzig october 16, 18 around 16. Leipzig, 18 by peter hofschroer, 9781855323544, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Bavarian army museum ingolstadt battle of leipzig diorama. He reduces a complicated series of battle into a coherent campaign narrative, in which the weaknesses of napoleons command style will catch up with him. The 18 autumn campaign in germany is one of my favourite napoleonic campaigns. Leipzig 18 is an osprey campaign series book, authored by the highly experienced historian peter hofschroer, who has strong opinions and a gift for good history. The diorama is centered on the village of crobern 16th october, at 16. Crobern 18 the fighting at crobern was part of the battle of the nations at leipzig in october 18. Check out the befreiungskriege 18 14 bookshop at amazon and help fund my paint addiction.
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