After Frederick William I’s death in 1740, his son and successor took the throne and surprisingly went on to achieve stunning military victories, consolidating Prussia’s role as a great ...

The Battle of Kolin, June 18th 1757. Frederick's army is on the run. The Third Silesian War marked Frederisk's most legendary victories and catastrophic retreats with the Prussians losing nearly ...

The French Emperor Napoleon, or Prussian King Frederick the Great, is purported to have said that an "army travels on its stomach," but in the modern era, fuel is what moves men and materiel.