Battle of Leuthen: Frederick the Great's Masterpiece of Maneuver
Frederick II of Prussia employed his oblique order tactic to crush an Austrian army twice his size at Leuthen, inflicting 22,000 casualties while losing only 6,000 of his own men. Napoleon later called it a masterpiece of maneuver, and the victory preserved Prussian control of Silesia throughout the Seven Years' War.
December 5, 1757
269 years ago
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Frederick II of Prussia
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Seven Years' War
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Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine
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Prussia
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Frederick the Great
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Austrian Empire
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Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine
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