In the Prussian Army, and in others formed on its model, officers are recruited according to a system which is a happy combination of all other good systems that the world knows of. View Full Arti ...

Within three weeks in October of 1806, he brought the Prussians to their knees. Defeating the Prussian army at the battles of Jéna and Auerstädt, Napoleon captured 140,000 prisoners and left ...

militaristic character to German nationalism, which played an important role in the outbreak of World War I. In terms of military theory and practice, students of the war concluded that German success ...