250 years ago today........

[Bilge_Rat]

Originally Posted by Raptor1

I've always considered Frederick the Great a pretty curious character. On one hand, he could pull off a brilliant campaign like at Rossbach and Leuthen, on the other he would underestimate his opponents or overestimate his own forces and either lose or suffer horribly because of it quite often.

yes, he could be very arrogant, stubborn and overly aggressive. After carefully maneuvering throughout the 1760 campaign against superior forces, he rushes into a battle against a fortified position. He would have lost the battle without Zieten's change of plan.

He owed his many victories as much to the quality of the Prussian Army as to the weakness of his opponents, although I guess you could say that about many great generals.