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
CulturePeople from the Province of SaxonyIndependent politicians in Germany, Recipients of the Iron Cross (1870), 2nd class, Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class)University of Göttingen alumniGrand Cross of the Legion of HonourHumboldt University of Berlin alumniGerman LutheransGrand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary, Knights of the Golden Fleece of SpainMilitary personnel from Saxony-AnhaltGerman monarchistsGerman nationalists19th centuryWarClausewitz 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
PhilosophyDeaths from choleraMilitary theorists19th-century German writersGerman untitled nobility19th-century German male writersMilitary personnel from Saxony-AnhaltPhilosophers of warGerman military writersPolitical realistsTheoretical historiansGerman male non-fiction writers19th centuryGermanyWar