Poglądy Hermanna von Boyen na problem systemu obronnego zachodniej granicy Królestwa Prus
Hermann von Boyen’s views upon the issue of the defense system of the Kingdom of Prussia’s western border

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to present the content of three memorials about the defence system of the western border of the Kingdom of Prussia, available in the collection of the Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Privy State Archives) in Berlin-Dahlem, Hermann von Boyen’s heritage. This aspect of the activity of the Prussian war minister’s in 1814–1829 and 1841– 1847 has not been treated with due attention, despite the profound lack of sources on defence planning in Prussia in the first half of the 19th century. This state of affairs might be partly justified by the character of these studies, clearly taking the form of private deliberations and often with unclear dating information. The article is an attempt to determine the circumstances around writing the memorials and this, together with an analysis of their content, is aimed at broadening the knowledge on Prussian strategic concepts in the period between the Congress of Vienna and the March Revolution of 1848.

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