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Alarmed by France’s growing power, the Prussians now challenged Napoleon, who made short work of them. "The idea that Prussia could take the field against me by herself," he said, "seems so ...

When Napoleon was defeated (firstly at Leipzig ... But they repeatedly reversed these decisions. Apart from Austria, Prussia was the strongest German state. It was the only state that showed ...

Napoleon later regarded that battle as “a masterpiece of movements, maneuvers, and resolution.” Photograph by AKG/Album The war later turned against the Prussian sovereign, when Russia ...

In 1807, Napoleon Bonaparte hoped to follow up his brilliant victories over Austria and Prussia with another decisive victory over the Russians in Poland. But amid freezing winter conditions ...

Prussian — these forces are allied with the British and ... French (other than the Imperial Guard ) — these forces are under the control of Napoleon. Imperial Guard — these are the best French forces ...

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 ...