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== History == | == History == | ||
=== Early history === | |||
"Strange, armoured war machines", whom later historians suggested were [[Dalek]]s, were noted as having appeared in [[12th century]] Prussia. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe]]'') | "Strange, armoured war machines", whom later historians suggested were [[Dalek]]s, were noted as having appeared in [[12th century]] Prussia. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe]]'') | ||
In the mid-[[18th century]], the country was ruled by [[King]] [[Frederick II]], who was a close ally of the [[Star Chamber]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | In the mid-[[18th century]], the country was ruled by [[King]] [[Frederick II]], who was a close ally of the [[Star Chamber]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
[[Albert Tiermann]] was a [[19th century]] Prussian storyteller. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Shard of Ice]]'') | === 19th century === | ||
[[Albert Tiermann]] was a [[19th century]] Prussian storyteller. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Shard of Ice (audio story)|A Shard of Ice]]'') | |||
[[Napoléon Bonaparte]] was defeated at the [[Battle of Waterloo]] by the British under the [[Duke of Wellington]] and the Prussians under Marshal [[Blucher]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game]]'') | Prussia was one of the [[Allies (Napoleonic Wars)|allied nations]] which opposed [[Napoléon Bonaparte]]'s [[French Empire]] in the [[Napoleonic Wars]] of the early [[19th century]]. Following the [[Battle of Trafalgar]], Napoleon defeated the Prussians and [[Fall of Berlin|entered]] [[Berlin]]. Napoleon was later defeated at the [[Battle of Waterloo]] in [[1815]] by the British under the [[Duke of Wellington]] and the Prussians under Marshal [[Blucher]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'') | ||
In [[1870]], Prussia won the [[Franco-Prussian War]] against [[France]]. Prussia's victory was especially devastating for the French: it led to their [[Emperor]], [[Napoleon III]], being ousted, and the [[Second French Empire]] being replaced with the [[Third French Republic]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game]]'') | In [[1870]], Prussia won the [[Franco-Prussian War]] against [[France]]. Prussia's victory was especially devastating for the French: it led to their [[Emperor]], [[Napoleon III]], being ousted, and the [[Second French Empire]] being replaced with the [[Third French Republic]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'') | ||
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