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Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim the another commander in the Battle of Lüzen

 




Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim the another commander in the Battle of Lüzen


Man cannot step twice in the same river. 


Do you know who was Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim (1)(later just Pappenheim)(1594-1632) (image above)? That man was the commander of the Holy Roman Empire Army at Battle of Lüzen(2), and that man died eleven days later after Gustavus Adolphus or Gustav II Adolph in the same battle. The date of the death of Gustavus Adolphus was 6 November 1632. 


And the death of Pappenheim was 17 November 1632. Many times there are many mentions of the Gustav II Adolph (1594-1632)(3) when people are looking for information about the Battle of Lüzen, but Pappenheim is not so well known person in history. 


Some Greek philosophers said that a person cannot walk twice to the same river. And that thing means that the same person cannot make the same error twice. Those Greek philosophers ever met general Pappenheim, who attacked seven times in the same point the King of Sweden Gustav II Adolphs army at Breitenfeld. That maneuver meant that the Pappenheim's side lost that battle. Somebody asked, why the emperor let that man lead, although he caused that Tilly lost that battle. 


That person is listed as one of the worst military leaders ever. The thing is that Pappenheim is also a person who is remembered only one battle, and that man earned a reputation in many other battles, but then something happened, and the result was that this man is known only by the battle of Lüzen. In that battle also Gustav II Adolph fell, and that means that the Lüzen was a disaster for both sides. 


When we are looking at history, we are facing thing, that good thing what people are made are lost in the shadows of the losses. And the fatal mistake, what Pappenheim made was that he somehow forgot, where he was. So why that man was not in his level? There is one very good explanation for that thing, and that is that Pappenheim was changed to some other person, who gave the wrong orders in the purpose. 


Sometimes people are asking, why the death of Pappenheim is not mentioned so often. Many times people know, who was Gustav II Adolph, who also died in the same battle, but Pappenheim's name is not so well-known. 


(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Heinrich_Graf_zu_Pappenheim


(2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_L%C3%BCtzen_(1632)


Image: https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Heinrich_Pappenheim

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