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A blucher (/ ˈ b l uː tʃ ər / or / ˈ b l uː k ər /, German pronunciation:, Blücher) is a style of shoe with open lacing, its vamp made of a single piece of leather ("one cut"), with shoelace eyelets tabs sewn on top. [1] The blucher is similar to a derby since both feature open lacing, in contrast to the Oxford shoe, which uses closed ...
The Blucher was named after him, after the original ship was captured by the British and the new owners named it for him. Three ships of the German navy have been named in honour of Blücher. The first to be so named was the corvette SMS Blücher , built at Kiel 's Norddeutsche Schiffbau AG (later renamed the Krupp-Germaniawerft ) and launched ...
Pages in category "Cultural depictions of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
"Freder «Blücher» for å hindre vrakplyndring" ["Blucher" Protected by Law to Prevent Looting] (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea, 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two. Annapolis: US Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-119-8. Sieche, Erwin (1992). "Germany".
Operation Blücher, one World War I and two World War II German army operations; Blücher Order, an East German decoration named after Field Marshal Blücher; Wolf pack Blücher, a German U-boat pack of World War II
The Prusso-Russian army was in a full retreat following their defeat at the Battle of Lützen.Finally, generals Wittgenstein and Blücher were ordered to stop at Bautzen by Tsar Alexander I and King Frederick William III.
The Portrait of Marshal Blücher is an 1814 portrait painting by the English artist Thomas Lawrence of the Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. [1]Blücher was a noted military commander who had played a key role in the 1813-14 defeat of Napoleon's French Empire by a coalition of Allies including Britain, Prussia, Russia and Austria, culminating in the capture of Paris in ...
The Battle of Laon (9–10 March 1814) was the victory of Blücher's Prussian army over Napoleon's French army near Laon.During the Battle of Craonne on 7 March, Blücher's army was forced to retreat into Laon after a failed attempt to halt Napoleon's east flank.