SandRhoman History

The Battle of Leuthen (1757): Frederick the Great’s Masterpiece

Artwork from the channel collected into a coloring book (line art + colored versions): https://amzn.to/4veRAb4 It also includes some illustrations that haven’t appeared in the videos yet. (Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.) It is December 5, 1757. Frederick the Great, king of the rising Prussian state, rides through the clear, icy winter air. Upon reaching a small hill near the village of Leuthen, he looks out on an overwhelming sight. As far as the eye can see, the enemy line stretches across the horizon. Sixty-six thousand Austrian soldiers—nearly twice the number he commands—stand ready to face his exhausted troops. At Leuthen, the Prussians set an enduring example of how linear tactics were best executed. The battle is widely regarded as one of the greatest—perhaps the greatest—military achievements in Europe during the Ancien Régime. Even Napoleon praised it as “a masterpiece of movements, maneuvers, and resolution.” This is how modern historiography recounts the story of the Battle of Leuthen. Support us via Patreon with a small donation here (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/sandrhomanhistory Check out our Amazon Storefront for all sorts of military history, military SIFI and military fantasy books that we recommend: https://www.amazon.com/shop/sandrhomanhistory Check out our historically themed shirts and hoodies: https://sandrhoman-shop.fourthwall.com/ Bibliography Barsewisch, Ernst Friedrich Rudolf von, Von Rossbach bis Freiberg 1757-1763. Tagebuchblätter eines Friderizianischen Fahnenjunkers und Offiziers, ed. by Jürgen Olmes Krefeld 1959 Duffy, Christopher, Frederick the Great: A Military Life, London, 1985. Duffy, Christopher, The Army of Maria Theresa: The Armed Forces of Imperial Austria, 1740-1780. Fuller, John Frederick Charles, A Military History of the Western World, Boston 1987. Herrmann, O., Prince Ferdinand of Prussia on the Campaign of 1751, in: Research on Brandenburg-Prussian History, 31 (1918), pp. 101-102. Showalter, Dennis, The Wars of Frederick the Great, London, 1996. Showalter, Dennis/Astore, William, Soldiers' Lives Through History. The Early Modern World, Westport/London 2007