This was not acceptable to the other German princes. They felt threatened by Prussia’s strength, particularly its military strength. In 1850, the German states sided with the Austrians as they ...

His acquisition of new lands made Prussia prosperous as well as formidable. Frederick William I was a man of iron discipline, whose military obsession bordered on the fanatical, but his son seemed ...

He said: "The history of the Iron Cross is that it was established as a military award by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1813 during the Prussian Wars of Liberation. "This can be seen on the back of ...