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“For a century after the reign of Frederick, Prussia remained the most prominent Germanic state in Europe.”

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Book:Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights ...: Why America Entered the Conflict ...& a Thrilling Account of the Important Part Taken by the Negro in the Tragic Defeat of Germany ...
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“To get to Earth from the edge of the solar system, depending on the time of year and the position of the planets, you need to pass through at least Poland, Prussia, and Turkey, and you'd probably get stamps in your passport from a few of the other great powers. Then as you get closer to the world, you arrive at a point, in the continually shifting carriage space over the countries, where this complexity has to give way or fail. And so you arrive in the blissful lubrication of neutral orbital territory.”

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Author:Paul Cornell
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“The success of the Allies in the west was in a measure offset by Teutonic victories in the east. When the invasion of Belgium began, Russia made immediate efforts to counteract by invasion of East Prussia.”

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Book:Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights: An Intensely Human and Brilliant Account of the World War; why American Entered the Conflict; what the Allies Fought For; and a Thrilling Account of the Important Part Taken by the Negro in the Tragic Defeat of Germany ...
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