Prussian Army

The Royal Prussian Army (German: Königlich Preußische Armee) served as the army of the Kingdom of Prussia. It became vital to the development of Brandenburg-Prussia as a European power.

The Prussian Army had its roots in the core mercenary forces of Brandenburg during the Thirty Years' War of 1618-1648. Elector Frederick William developed it into a viable standing army, while King Frederick William I of Prussia dramatically increased its size and improved its doctrines. King Frederick the Great, a formidable battle commander, led the disciplined Prussian troops to victory during the 18th-century Silesian Wars and greatly increased the prestige of the Kingdom of Prussia.

The army had become outdated by the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars, and France defeated Prussia in the War of the Fourth Coalition. However, under the leadership of Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian reformers began modernizing the Prussian Army, which contributed greatly to the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte during the War of the Sixth Coalition. Conservatives halted some of the reforms, however, and the Prussian Army subsequently became a bulwark of the conservative Prussian government.

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The Atlantic 08 Jan 2025
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Colombia One 07 Jan 2025
The Persians attacked Marathon, which was 26 miles away from Athens, with an army of 25,000 soldiers, against Marathon’s 10,000.- Advertisement - ... The British and the Prussians confronted Napoleon’s 70,000-plus men at Waterloo.
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Gaston Gazette 22 Dec 2024
In 1871 as the French and German armies were engaged in fierce fighting during the Franco-Prussian War, a brave French soldier emerged unarmed from the safety of his foxhole and began singing ...
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AOL 07 Dec 2024
In the sumptuous opening scene – in which a grand ball takes place in the home of the Prussian army officer Colonel Stahlbaum – it is clear that Hampson is keeping the story very much in the early-19th century of its creator ETA Hoffmann.
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World War II and the Eastern Front. “Zhukov’s Revenge”. Who Defeated Germany in 1945?

GlobalResearch 07 Dec 2024
Their Red Army killed the most Nazis and sacrificed the most, by far ... While the Western Allies were firebombing and nuking civilians, the Red Army was engaging and destroying the enemy army, the Clausewitzian point of war.
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Lt General Sir Christopher Drewry obituary: Nato commander

The Times/The Sunday Times 27 Nov 2024
Admiration for the old German (or, in truth, Prussian) army’s general staff has always run deep in the British army.
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The Spokesman-Review 23 Nov 2024
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The Spokesman-Review 23 Nov 2024
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Games Radar 04 Nov 2024
Play is a fundamental part of life ... Egyptians played Senet ... However, the birth of games as a simulation also dates from this era with Kriegspiel, a universal wargame designed as both a teaching tool and recreation for officers in the Prussian army ... ....
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Amputated limbs and butchered horses uncovered in Battle of Waterloo ‘gore’ pit

CNN 12 Sep 2024
The epic battle was fought near Waterloo village, south of Brussels, on June 18, 1815. Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by the Duke of Wellington’s combined allied army of 68,000, aided by about 45,000 Prussians under Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ... .
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The Daily Mail 11 Sep 2024
The Battle of Waterloo saw British and Prussian forces meet Napoleon's army in Belgium after his dramatic return from Elba ... The worn down army still managed to defeat the Prussians at Ligny - but could ...
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German painter Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) on his sestercentennial September 5

People's World 05 Sep 2024
The events of 1806, including the defeats of the Prussian army at Jena and Auerstedt, the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, and the occupation of German territories by French troops, led to a strong anti-Napoleonic freedom movement in Germany ... .
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Potter Leader-Enterprise 29 Aug 2024
In neighbouring Saxony, the city of Dresden has become a hub for the semiconductor industry.- 'Top performers' - ... It was in Jena that the Prussian army was defeated by Napoleon in 1806, sparking the beginnings of German nationalism ... ....
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The Daily Mail 14 Aug 2024
As the renowned Prussian general and military theorist Carl von Clausewitz argued after fighting with the Russian army against Napoleon in 1812, the ultimate purpose of war is to achieve a political objective.
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The Observer 12 Jul 2024
... Duke of Wellington – whose army included many allied soldiers – himself acknowledged, it was the arrival of Marshal Blücher’s Prussian army, by forced march, that turned the course of the battle.

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