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Carl von Clausewitz

1780–1831 · Burg bei Magdeburg, Prussia

Prussian general and military theorist who fought Napoleon and spent his last decade writing On War.

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Life

Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831), a Prussian general who fought Napoleon from Jena to Waterloo, spent his last decade directing the Berlin war college and writing On War, published by his widow Marie after his death.