Alfred Crupp's Letter to the King of Prussia

By 18 66, both nations were mobilizing te fight. And krupp had pending orders from both sides. The king of prussia was not happy about the fact that he's arming the guise they're about to go fight. He called krupp in for a special meeting with himself and his right hand man otto von bismark. It says a lot about how valued krupp was that the king was afraid to offend him,. But alfred was irritated by even this, insisting that he had to fulfil his obligations. Then, sensing an opportunity for a sale, he warned the king that prussia's defenses were inadequate.