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Scharnhorst, Gerhardt Johann David, Graf von (1755–1813)


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DOI: 10.1111/b.9781405189224.2011.x


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Prussian Minister of War and Chief of the General Staff. Scharnhorst was responsible – along with others including gneisenau , stein , and hardenberg – for rebuilding the armed forces following defeat by napoleon i . Born near Hanover, Scharnhorst transferred from Hanoverian to Prussian service in 1801 and taught at the Berlin War College where clausewitz was one of his students. Following Prussia's defeat at jenaauerstädt , he set up the Commission for Military Reform (1807) that helped produce a system of short-term compulsory service backed up by time in the Landwehr (militia). He was driven from office by Napoleon in 1810, but returned as chief of staff to blücher . Wounded at the Battle of Lützen (1813), he died from the subsequent blood poisoning. ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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