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1813 1814 Dresden to Leipzig, then Scandinavia

1813 1814 Dresden to Leipzig, then Scandinavia

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The Convention of Plesswitz ends and war begins again August 11.  The focus is on driving Napoleon out of Germany and then the action turns to Scandinavia, to include Danish Holstein, with most of the focus on Norway.

Napoleon's desperate attempts to defend Saxony end at the biggest battle in European history to that time.

Allied war aims are becoming public, but there seems a disconnect between stated objectives and the reality of how things work out on the ground in Scandinavia, particularly for Norway.  Could there be hypocrisy?  No, never.  Power politics dominating our ideals?  

Norway's war of Independence and the 17th of May, with the new constitution signed at Eidsvoll gets a look in the later half of the episode.  Before that we look at Bernadotte, Karl Johan or Charles John, the new crown prince and how Alexander actually wants HIM as the new king of France.  Bernadotte made various efforts to put himself forward and build a following in France, this is just a fascinating what if. 

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1813 1814 Dresden to Leipzig, then Scandinavia

1813 1814 Dresden to Leipzig, then Scandinavia

Harald Hansen