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2 days ago · Peters was born in Werlitzsch, Kreis Delitzsch, Prussian Saxony, and died of a heart attack on a promotion tour for his latest film in Wiesbaden, Germany. His film career started with the lead in Wolfgang Staudte 's Der Untertan, produced in the young German Democratic Republic. Peters then worked in West Germany, appearing mostly in supporting ...
1 day ago · Prussia ( / ˈprʌʃə /, German: Preußen [ˈpʁɔʏsn̩] ⓘ; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions. It formed the German Empire when it united the German states in 1871.
2 days ago · Germany - Prussia, Austria, Contest: In 1740 the death of the Habsburg emperor Charles VI without a male heir unleashed the most embittered conflict in Germany since the wars of Louis XIV. The question of the succession to the Austrian throne had occupied statesmen for decades. Rival claimants disputed the right—by the terms of the Pragmatic Sanction (1713)—of Charles’s daughter Maria ...
5 days ago · Germany - Congress of Vienna, Prussia, Unification: The men who, in the nine months from September 1814 to June 1815, redrew the map of Europe were diplomats of the old school. Francis I and the prince von Metternich of Austria, Frederick William III and the prince von Hardenberg of Prussia, Alexander I of Russia, Viscount Castlereagh of England, Talleyrand of France, and the representatives ...
3 days ago · The Royal Saxon Army ( German: Königlich Sächsische Armee) was the military force of the Electorate (1682–1807) and later the Kingdom of Saxony (1807–1918). A regular Saxon army was first established in 1682 and it continued to exist until the abolition of the German monarchies in 1918. With the formation of the Confederation of the Rhine ...
5 days ago · No correspondence. Photogr. Gebr. Drache, Radeburg Bez. Dresden. A sharp studio portrait of a Saxon Soldat hailing from one of Saxony's line regiments. A Bavarian Infantry private was an "Infanterist", in Saxony he was a "Soldat" and in Prussian contingents he was a "Musketier". "Gemeiner" works for all kingdoms, but NOT "Landser", which is a WWII name.
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2 days ago · The leader of the eastern German state of Saxony is calling for a reduction in military aid to Ukraine to save money. "We can no longer continue to provide funds for weapons to Ukraine only for ...
