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World War I: 1914–1918: Weimar Republic: 1918–1933: Nazi Germany: 1933–1945: World War II: 1939–1945
This article lists all the wars and battles in which Brandenburg-Prussia and the Kingdom of Prussia were militarily engaged in, covering the period from 1618 to 1871.
In 1945, after defeat in World War II, Germany came under the control of the victorious allies—the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and France. Northern East Prussia was annexed by the Soviet Union; the rest of the Land east of the Oder-Neisse Line was transferred to Poland; and the remainder was divided between the Soviet ...
22 March 1797 – 9 March 1888. (1888-03-09) (aged 90) 2 January 1861. 9 March 1888. Brother of Frederick William IV, Son of Frederick William III; also President of the North German Confederation (1867–1871) and German Emperor (from 1871) Hohenzollern. Frederick III.
NameLifespanReign StartReign EndFrederick I the Mercenary King [1]( 1657-07-11) 11 July 1657 – 25 February ...18 January 170125 February 1713Frederick William I the Soldier King( 1688-08-14) 14 August 1688 – 31 May ...25 February 171331 May 1740Frederick II the Great( 1712-01-24) 24 January 1712 – 17 August ...31 May 174017 August 1786( 1744-09-25) 25 September 1744 – 16 ...17 August 178616 November 1797From 1815 the name East Prussia was given to the easternmost province of the kingdom of Prussia. The boundaries of this province remained unchanged until World War I. Its area was then 14,284 square miles (36,995 square km), and its population in 1910 was 2,064,175 and largely Lutheran.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
After World War II (1939–1945), the victorious Allies formally abolished the state of Prussia, citing in their decree that it had been “from early days a bearer of militarism and reaction.” Some former Prussian territories were taken over by Poland and the Soviet Union , and the remainder were absorbed into the various zones of Allied ...
The unification of Germany ( German: Deutsche Einigung, pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈʔaɪnɪɡʊŋ] ⓘ) was a process of building the first nation-state for Germans with federal features based on the concept of Lesser Germany (one without Habsburgs ' multi-ethnic Austria).
