By Otto von Pivka
In the course of the Napoleonic Wars the area of Hesse was once divided among Hessen-Kassel and Hessen-Darmstadt. less than Napoleon's patronage, in 1806 Hessen-Darmstadt got all ultimate imperial possessions inside its borders and was once increased to a Grand Duchy. that very same 12 months, Hessen-Kassel, below Imperial Elector Wilhelm I, used to be dissolved and included into Jerome Bonaparte's country of Westphalia, leading to major political, administrative and sartorial adjustments. This richly illustrated e-book info the association, campaigns, uniforms, and hues and criteria of the forces of Hessen-Darmstadt and Hessen-Kassel from 1792 to Napoleon's defeat in 1813.
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