Military personnel from Saxony-Anhalt
Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (29 November 1690, in Dornburg – 16 March 1747, in Zerbst) was a German prince of the House of Ascania, and the father of Catherine the Great of Russia. He was a ruler of the Principality of Anhalt-Dornburg.
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Bismarck
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the original Iron Chancellor, Otto Von Bismarck, one of 19th Century Europe’s most influential statesmen and the founder of modern Germany.
22 March 2007
Featuring: Richard J Evans, Christopher Clark, Katharine Lerman
CultureGerman LutheransHumboldt University of Berlin alumniUniversity of Göttingen alumniGerman nationalistsGrand Cross of the Legion of HonourPeople from the Province of SaxonyMilitary personnel from Saxony-AnhaltGerman monarchistsKnights of the Golden Fleece of Spain, Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of HungaryClausewitz and On War
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss On War, the 19th-century treatise on the theory of warfare by the Prussian soldier Carl von Clausewitz.
17 May 2012
Featuring: Saul David, Hew Strachan, Beatrice Heuser