Prussia part two
Prussia part twoPrussia had two houses of parliament. The king alone exercised the executive power, had the supreme command of the army, and was head of the protestant church; however,…
Prussia part one
Prussia part oneWhen Germany unified there were four kingdoms, Prussia being the most powerful. The other kingdoms were Bavaria, Saxony, and Württemberg. Napoleon had elevated these three to kingdoms as…
Imperial Germany
Imperial Germany consisted of the following: Prussia (incl. Lauenburg) Bavaria Württemberg Saxony Baden Mecklenburg-Schwerin Saxe-Weimar Mecklenburg-Strelitz Oldenburg Brunswick Saxe-Meiningen Saxe-Altenburg Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Anhalt Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Waldeck Reuss (Elder Line) Reuss (Younger…
The North German Confederation
The North German ConfederationThe North German Confederation was created in 1867 and primarily centered north of the Main River. Prussia led the 22 member states.Prussia (incl. Lauenburg)SaxonyMecklenburg-SchwerinSaxe-WeimarMecklenburg-StrelitzOldenburgBrunswickSaxe-MeiningenSaxe-AltenburgSaxe-Coburg-GothaAnhaltSchwarzburg-RudolstadtSchwarzburg-SondershausenWaldeckReuss (Elder Line)Reuss (Younger…
Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871
Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871France felt it had lost its primacy over central Europe during the 1866 war. Tensions between France and the North German Confederation mounted steadily, causing France to embark…
Hesse
HesseThis blog clarifies a lot of confusion. I am probably causing more. I need to set a few things straight about this state. It came into triangle shaped halves one…
The Austria-Prussian War of 1866
The Austria-Prussian War of 1866The Gastein Convention was short-lived. Austria violated the agreement to settle any disputes directly with Prussia when it took its disputes about Holstein directly to the…
The Danish Wars
The Danish WarsTwo German-Danish Wars intervened to influence the make-up of the German Confederation. In 1815, the province of Holstein was admitted to the German Confederation because the population was…
The Germanic Confederation and the Zollverein
The Germanic Confederation and the Zollverein There is general agreement that the First Reich was the Holy Roman Empire, and the Third Reich was Nazi Germany. In 1923, a German…
Infantry company and battalion
Battalions and Companies of InfantryThe staff of each battalion had a commander, usually a major, a captain (so-called staff captain), the battalion adjutant (usually a second lieutenant), four company commanders…
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