But they repeatedly reversed these decisions. Apart from Austria, Prussia was the strongest German state. It was the only state that showed any real ability to unite Germany. It was clear that ...

Prussia's development as a successful, modern industrial state gave hope to German nationalists. Economically, unification through the Zollverein economic alliance of 1834 had been a success.

The story of a revolution always begins with its ancien régime. In the case of the transformation of Prussia under Frederick William I, this procedure is particularly necessary because the ...

Prussia, faithful to its traditions as a parvenu ... We have learnt a good many admirable things from Germany; but GEORGE III.'s was the last reign when educated men and women were ex[???] ...

Germany abandoned the gold backing of its currency ... "I remember," said one Frau Barten of East Prussia, "the feeling of having just one Rentenmark to spend. I bought a small tin bread bin.

Despite his outrageous outbursts, which have irritated people in his own camp, the leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD ...

After the reunification of Germany, Frederick the Great finally ... cry for religious freedom and rational thought. He arrived in Prussia in 1750, grieving the death of his lover, the Marquise ...

Williamson, George S. 2018. Retracing theSattelzeit: Thoughts on the Historiography of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Eras. Central European History, Vol. 51, Issue. 1, p. 66. Lecce, ...

And later military triumphs - especially over France in 1871 - were crucial landmarks as Prussia and Germany became a great European power. The Neue Wache was both a place to remember victories ...

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The producer prices of industrial products were 0.8% lower in August 2024 than in August 2023. In July 2024, the year-on-year change rate also stood at -0.8%. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) ...

David Jason describes Only Fools and Horses mistake that brought about series’ end - ‘There was nowhere to go,’ the actor ...