Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Prussian Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal)
Years: 1742 - 1819
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst von Wahlstatt (December 16, 1742 – September 12, 1819), Graf (Count), later elevated to Fürst (Prince) von Wahlstatt, is a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) who leads his army against Napoleon I at the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig in 1813 and at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 with the Duke of Wellington.
He is honored with a bust in the German Walhalla temple near Regensburg.
The honorary citizen of Berlin, Hamburg and Rostock bears the nickname "Marschall Vorwärts" ("Marshal Forwards") because of his approach to warfare.
A popular German idiom, "ran wie Blücher" ("charge like Blücher"), meaning that someone is taking very direct and aggressive action, in war or otherwise, refers to Blücher.
