Kaiser Wilhelm I
Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig was born on 22 March 1797 in Kronprinzenpalais in Berlin. His chances of inheriting the throne one day were seemed to be...
September 7, 2019
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Helmuth von Moltke
Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke was born on 26 October 1800 in Parchim, Mecklenburg-Schwerin. He was the son of the later Danish Lieutenant General Friedrich Philipp...
August 27, 2019
Prussian Army in the Austro-Prussian War
Austro-Prussian War, or the German War, was the result of a series of political and economic conflicts that had been going on between Prussia and...
August 17, 2019
Bismarck and State Socialism
Towards late 19th century, liberal sentiments of the 1848 revolutions were being replaced with radical socialist ones. Rapid industrialization caused many people to migrate from rural...
April 14, 2019
Otto von Bismarck : The Iron Chancellor
Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck was born on 1 April 1815 in Schönhausen in the Prussian province of Saxony. His father, Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Bismarck,...
April 7, 2019
The Role of Prussian Military Traditions in Prussia’s Rise
Prussian army, dating back as far as 16th century, was the driving force in Prussia’s rise in 18th and 19th centuries. Prussian army’s influence in these...
March 27, 2019
Franco – Prussian War of 1870-1871
Prelude to War By 1870, Prussia had already established a dominant position for itself among German states and was the leader of the North German Confederation.It...
February 18, 2019