Home » Napoleon

Napoleon

Tchaikovsky

How was Tchaikovsky Able to Become A Full-Time Composer?

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Romantic-era Russian composer. He was the first Russian composer whose music had an international impact. He composed some of the most popular concert and theatrical works in the current classical repertoire. But did you know how he became a full-time composer? On the condition that they never meet in person, […]

How was Tchaikovsky Able to Become A Full-Time Composer? Read More »

Napoleons military genius was considered to be so enormeous that the entire stategy of the Coalition that defeated him (the Trachenberg Plan) depended on retreat wherever & whenever they faced him and only attacking his underlings until they built up an overwhelming numerical troop advantage.

Trachenberg Plan Former Marshal of the Empire Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, later Crown Prince Charles John of Sweden, co-author of the Trachenberg Plan The Trachenberg Plan was a campaign strategy created by the Allies in the 1813 German Campaign during the War of the Sixth Coalition, and named for the conference held at the palace of Trachenberg.

Napoleons military genius was considered to be so enormeous that the entire stategy of the Coalition that defeated him (the Trachenberg Plan) depended on retreat wherever & whenever they faced him and only attacking his underlings until they built up an overwhelming numerical troop advantage. Read More »