Frederick the Great of Prussia
You're Dead to Me
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The Great War - The Greatest War of All Time
Stephanie Coontz: 'I think it's the prussians who called him the great' She says Frederic fears revenge for stealing silesia. So he launches a preemptive strike, invades saxony to knock them out of the war. This then causes austria, russia, france, the holy roman empire, saxony and sweden to gang up on him in attack. Britain is his only ally, but britain isn't being very helpful,. she adds. "He loses all the time. And he has a brilliant line. Fortune turned her back on me"
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