Central europe in the second millennium a territory that took a long time to become unified people who saw themselves as german only as the centuries past. Want to stand. Questions about a thousand years of german history plays a place. There are many rulers in eighteenth century germany but two monarchs standout prussias frederick and austria. Has not yet. Rivals the end there war doesnt just split germany it splits europe two. Can never be a win at. The end. Its cold here. In the winter of seventeen forty nobody on the border between brandenburg and side lesia has any idea of whats coming. The prussian king. An attack that will change the world in a season when no one else wages war the passion cane frederick the second invades without warning it belongs to austria the king later justified his actions by saying my youth made me do it as did his grade for fame. A short while before. From the hapsburgs became the software and ruler of austria she resides in vienna the young mother is wholly inexperienced in government just like frances her husband their voices should prove the pression king has marched into silence. And now day he. Speaks interest also lisa is al as i will never accept this brazen theft and name. Far more than just siamese share is at stake its about supremacies on german soil. He wants defenses to do. Brandenburg prussia is to become a major power at the expense of austria perhaps the will of the king. Can count as an opponent he has massively underestimated shes ready to fight back whatever the cost this means a new war. A european war that frederick is no longer in control of by this time tomorrow he will have defeated our enemy or will never see each other again. Its a war that will lead to rivals to berlin and will change more than just germany. Played it for three hundred years the hapsburgs have been the leading power in the Holy Roman Empire of the german nation. Quite unlike the whole and song ends with that kingdom of shreds and patches as it was called at the time the two powers have territories both inside and outside of the empire. Legend prussia is quite barren deep forests endless marshes and sandy soils. It was home to almost two Million People when frederick was born here in seventeen twelve. The childhood of the Young Princes nothing like a fairy tale life at the Prussian Court is spotting even as a tree year old frederick has to follow strict rules. In private life his father he said lives up to his reputation as a soldier king who does not tolerate dissent acts which got us michael jackson. Its a hot one disappeared and yet it was undisciplined short tempered and badly behaved function really left unself go in many ways he particularly towards his son caught a tims on going. The son is an aesthete with a love of classical styles and French Literature but hes just bought it father tells him thats no way to forge a state his father wants to strengthen brandenburg prussia with a powerful army and fool state conference that snot fredericks world not yet i am. At the age of eighteen the crown prince tries to flee but in vain his father has him stopped and taken to constrain fortress the soldier king sees his sons action is desertion and that is punishable by death will his own father have him executed. And someone else has to die in his place hands hammon cata fredericks boyhood friend the east sentenced to death because he knew about the crown princes plans to flee i am the pain his father inflicts on him will stay with him for the rest of his life laugh. Every day and just as obvious that he wanted to take him to the edge of personal catastrophe with cutters execution which fredricka to watch has done the tone for the government on the scene most of that almost killed him or for. News of the impending execution reaches the court in vienna the hapsburg empress is fredericks godfather he seeks to mediate and sends a pleading letter to the prussians came he should spare his son and thats what happens. Unlike the soldier King Emperor Charles the sixth is a loving father hes particularly close to his daughter maria ten days or even though shes only a girl maya to marry at ten days old was very intelligent she learnt many languages in her youth she was a cheerful child quite unlike frederick. Life in the imperial family is fairly down to earth and lived away from public view. A carefree childhood but theres a problem mary had ten days that doesnt have a brother who will succeed charles the six monday. Hi maria to raise oh grow up free she always told me im just a go so i wont get the throne anyway i was over so its. The things turned out differently a law is passed to secure the emperors daughter succession to the hereditary lands of austria and bookie mia its cool with the pragmatic sanction. And then the emperor dies unexpectedly without a male heir. Now maria teresa just twenty three years old is expected to rule a young woman among europes powerful drools. How to stop and see what did they do they saw a woman pregnant again and with three children already and said well she can do it anyway well take the pickings for ourselves the boy to think and he is one of them kings in seven hundred forty frederick the second wants to increase precious power just like his father before him the estate becomes an aggressor. The outskirts possess many territories in europe from the south and netherlands to the balkans. Neighboring princes assert their claims the persian king to months i lesia to the south of his own territory. While hereditary claims they used to justify the invasion no one actually expects it. And indeed its a clear breach of law. Mary had ten days that initially shows no response easy prey for frederick and of higher value. Lets go. To ed thats because i lucia with the odor there is its main river isnt just of strategic significance its also a rich province with a flourishing economy the city of breslau now for thoughts while in poland with its university the nail polish dina. What does losing all this mean from a tazer. She knows that she contacts at this brazen theft by the phone manner she calls him a. Person who can help. A. She said because i have this toss going i will do everything to fulfill it she saw a solution in hungary. In marietta days ago wants to hunt gary and to help after all she was that crown she wants money and troops holding her son in her arms she hopes to soften hungary and hearts what she said lets wait and see time is of the essence but hide from us abandoned by everyone we take refuge in the long standing virtue of the mughals down gun here not tire we entrust ourselves and our children to your loyalty we dont take him down. He said hed actually agree must not hesitate in this time of current danger to pick up the sword streak if you fear and fend off enemies and the enemies of the empire should find it so its a dying. Plague will appeals to on a. Motivate the hunt gary and alex stop chrissie. Just fyi yes fists. And in return theyre given more rights. To. Garion assistance was a salvation i took it gave maria teresa renewed courage. And annoy she saw that there were troops who would help and who were loyal to her hope and is in me a toy. For four long years fredericks troops fight against mariam days as all make them in a tree supremacies of the prussians a such that self. The as drones discipline and unwavering obedience make them particularly efficient but the austrians on manning and so fortune see sonia from battle to battle. Frederick is a brilliant military commander his rival isnt so the pression kings sends haren off. On the way our children missy. Fredericks off also involves her husband francis he could become holy Roman Emperor of the german nation if marietta days are relinquishes silent in return. Not know survive years of suffering and destruction he said so small on and off the field man. Is more than it and i have to think of the future of our children were entitled to the imperial crown as is our sun yourself her father was holy Roman Emperor of the german nation she cannot hold this title because shes a woman now the plan is for her husband to whether crown but for that she has to come to an arrangement with frederic and choose how to take back the side this year later. The imperial crown whoever where as it is tasked with ensuring the rule of law and peace in the empire francis is awarded it but his wife is the real ruler behind the scenes and said to push. It was very typical of maria teresa that although she loved him very much she didnt accompany her husband to his coronation the immediate need is in other words didnt meal beside him did ensue showered. Went out into a you put it on her she let him go alone while she was among the spectators that she cheered for him and was happy but she clearly signal that she wasnt interested in being the wife of the emperor she was the ruler sunda spin the half shell and. Frederick the second also has crowds cheering him because pressures now on the way to becoming a major power even in other parts of the empire the king is celebrated as frederick the great. But the war has had an impact on him and claimed many lives. Now he wants his capital city to grow he wants to finish what his ancestors started fredrick dreams of an ass and so on the river play on the sandy soils of the march of brandenburg. When he came to power it was home to one hundred thousand people in a city of immigrants seven thousand huguenots cautious didnt refugees from crohns have found their new home here the king wants everyone to live happily according to their own beliefs even talks of having a mosque built. The end its a cosmopolitan city the academy of sciences the first on german soil is based in berlin. The city experiences a cultural and economic boom under the prussians king. Frederick has factories built all over the country. Kondrat of people work in them including women nobody has to be idle the monuc even make sure of that person and they from time to time the air is particularly fond of the royal porcelain factory as it guarantees substantial profits. The white gold has many fans. K. P. And arroyo brand. New air. My the air the city soon becomes too turbulent for frederick he wants to rule and philosophize in peace and quiet. Place. The air he has a new palace builds on a vinnie are potsdam it is based on his own plans. Song susi meaning without care thats how he wants to live in peace away from the courtship rituals in berlin. The end goal. The passion king composes and makes music here as the flutist of song cincy this is also where he receives illustrious guests from many european countries. The french philosopher voltaire has achieved world fame in his lifetime and he has a goal may that means a lot of work for the court purveyors and cooks. There to keep the discerning guest happy because frederic wants him to stay at his cool. The king has a meal served twice a day and hes avoided the philosopher his litter of merit. Plate. Twelve cokes from france italy russia and england as well as from germany are brought in to conjure up delicacies. Fredericks feasts on legendary to this day the famous sands notorious to. His guests are not only offices and scholars seven to ten people the language spoken isnt gentle but french. Moshe meet dear friends i miss you very much in the park this afternoon where were you i was composing some verses a gift of yes good just i hope you are thinking of your king at the time. In a manner of speaking yes i want to dedicate them to the queen i left and. Left the whole thing is she so alone in the palace she would you know i wanted to cheer up a little with them. Generous with apollo theres no place for women in this company. I dont want them going to talk about either. A man only club not even the queen has access to all tell lay to say its not a court its a closed society from which women are banished the marriage between the monarch and elisabet christina exists on paper any it remains childless why this distance to the female sex. If i saw and found was he was an amorous person the first done and it was then he contract of a sexually transmitted infections that deformed him on sight and made him feel he was sterile thus the fear from it would have us and the saw going seaside. And it was apparently anatomically visible to. Bust. So he was embarrassed. She merely. Fredericks view from his library nine stop with this ancient sculpture and delicate catamite. Some biographers talk about the kings homo erotic tendencies but he didnt indulge them and one does want us to does as each of us assert that he was embarrassed because of the injury to his genitals then he will have felt that way towards men until an ongoing it was all with on the sized little it is always said he had such feelings for men did but i really think thats exaggerated in the song. How did he look to show you a team. Its not just women who have a hard time at Fredericks Court german poets and thinkers on nowhere to be found in song since the depression king hardly seems to notice that more and more germans are beginning to feel part of a budding nation bound by culture. To golsen kupfer. It sighed great minds of the day women like a man who had cunts and lived and could expect also came from east prussia and went to weimar or every so to see wasnt the place that attracted such been so if a couple of the reason was probably wolf as contemporary said that fredericks presence caused the Room Temperature to drop by a few degrees so i think its similar time but it wasnt an environment in which great minus felt that he was your tulip in d. M. Z. Was a cover for the ngata shiela and the other big names frederick largely ignored them all the poets and musicians sort than lock far away from berlin at small a Princely Court such as a vine off. The air this is where the timeless works of the german classical era were created they gave many people the feeling that their shared language is a unifying thread irrespective of the launch number and the diversity of the german territories. Yeah the ana amalia Library Environment is still reminiscent of the creative wealth of that period. Frederick doesnt care about the empire or about the culture of the germans as a whole he sees himself as precious first sav and he travels from village to village almost three quarters of his subjects live in the countryside frederick reduces the severity of the peasant servitude on his own estates but elsewhere in prussia everything remains the same. The king is neither willing or able to upset the aristocracy because they provide the offices the foot soldiers come from the ranks of the peasants. Since education isnt yet compulsory the king at least wants the future recruits to learn something homes education why are you in school your majesty there is no school in all village then you must go to the next village you have to learn something or do you just want to herd sheep. Ill be a soldier one day your majesty in what regiment a human for that in the bound book regiment and the uk then you definitely must learn a lot the kings soldiers have to be able to write and do their sons and fight and die. Fredericks opponent to marry at ten days or hasnt been idle in all these years the hope book imperial palace in the center of vienna is too dark for her so she has the summer residence of shunned one just outside the city and launched. The air new palace has impressive done mentions its reminiscent of the palace of the some canon das sign the end now on mother earth betting shes doing everything she can to reform an empire that is home to so many different peoples. Best interests of the interesting thing was that maria teresa didnt consider has too good to imitate a great gena me as a teen fight she adopted everything that was better in his realm than in australia by name and vast by him best and thats quite a feat used does he session and i asked him marty had ten days i listened to the advice of experts the reformist efforts have one main purpose in her mind. Pressure must be overthrown the first houses to stand tall it seems. As if you know how d. S. I. Least here is to me is france and sucks and they stand with us and we could force prussia out of ours. If that means renewed war. And fredrik cause oil along to the five is malicious bitches about the treat all tours of europe as he sneeringly calls them cause the winning team unite against him along side many a ten days that he is referring to my down de pompadour mistress of the french king and elizabeth empress of russia. Precious now surrounded by enemies russia looks on the growing superpower with distrust and alliance between austria france saxon and russia seals the pact against pressure which has only britain on its side. The british are already at war with france at this time fighting for dominance in north america and india they support pasha in order to weaken the french in their fight for the colonists as a result the conflict on german soil is also affected by Global Political the fast frederick must act he decides to preempt his opponents saxony is first on his list once again an attack without a declaration of war. But spots a war in the saying the seventy is one. Again and again the king personally takes part in the battles risking his life. But for how long will his troops stay firm and not of the enemys superior manpower. The prussians are often tactical a superior but they too suffer a major losses whos to replace the fool and. The. Russian recruits are increasingly country children these are the fast steps towards conscription. Even in childhood the soldiers are selected following fixed rules theyre each given a symbol of belonging by their future regiment. In st come down be there was also a star and recruit when told all the world highlights the fact that the tactics also could involve deception violence and the loss of how to go and quanta not everyone who shows up is accepted into the army certain criteria must be fulfilled. The state archives in minster contain clues about prussian recruiting practices. A simple measure for example the soldiers had to have a minimum height one meter sixty nine at the ton of frederick the great. Stunt told. Me a measurements are taken every year some recruits only sixteen years old. As soldiers teeth are vital in war next. Only those with strong teeth can keep ripping open the powder cartridges. Only one in seven toss musta missed. Mary had ten days out also need soldier as her own and then surpass allies. To force another prussians up and victorious in the up truck your majesty. Well and our troops before they retreated to the council course the prussians are outside the city with mortars and cannons marietta they say is also the queen of bohemia will she lose it to frederick like she did sign each and. Every answer after he once divorces to give up we have to avoid that at all costs and costs. Profit on last year if youre not just amazed it. Is what you suggest general. Fresh troops are on their way in just a few days march away this is a really good time as national. Goods all available troops must be sent in as reinforcements to them and. Send messengers. We must defend probably get old cause as you wish your majesty. Off to several battles without a clear winner a decisive battle is about to take place man only ten known and its new to me. But the first time frederick addresses his generals in general. When i had a gentleman ive summoned you here to thank you we are Loyal Services to your fatherland and to meet in front of relying on your courage and experience i have drawn up a battle plan for tomorrow against all the rules of battle i will attack and then meet twice my size who stands on elevated ground clearly going to a concert and so am i stagger and of under and so i must do it or all is lost. Is most of it too if there is someone among you who doesnt share this view he should leave now just i dont want to end any subject i will let him leave without any reproach there being only im full of. The offices stand by their King Frederick wasnt expecting anything different. Gains in normans law go back to the camp and tell your soldiers what i told you this act of it. Good bye gentleman. Names you were meant to have by this time tomorrow you will have defeated the enemy. But have you seen or will never see each other again. Frederick knows there are only thirty nine thousand passions versus sixty six thousand austrians thats why he has to avoid a battle on an open site. This illusion the. Famous obey leak order tactic to play the enemy troops ought to be and counted and annihilated on the right flank until the enemy line relents. Played. In the afternoon he gets there with it to attack the open right flank till. Its the key to victory even the king couldnt have expected that. The to. Live since this battle frederick has been seen as the most brilliant military commander of his day. Long term becomes legendary in prussian and john in history and frederick himself becomes a legend among his own soldiers to. Live up to. Frederick adopted to be order from the military commanders of the antiquity it now went down in military history. Told fritz says he will soon be called becomes a role model not least for a selfproclaimed greatest military commander of all times. Oh. Yeah uh oh. Oh oh. Oh. Oh oh i was. Getting. This. Moment two becomes legendary twenty five thousand soldiers sing the lawyer ten hand now thank we all are god but a lot and theres just one episode in the seven years war and the king knows that better than anyone. He can no longer read himself of the spirits invoked a battle is won but not the war i read document the diary of a swiss mercenary gives us insight into daily life in the pression on me while it was. Cold hunger and disease is all affected the soldiers as did the fair of mutilation and death devastating defeats following the legendary victory of light and the king contemplate suicide more than once the past tortures him more and more. Your majesty was dreaming that your majesty should rest goes over frequently yes with ourselves it wont help us to fortune has turned against me i should have been prepared for tonight as a woman after all and no love is going to leave. The austrians russians and french pushed frederick to the have this he realizes this war will see no victor just the victims. More and more soldiers desert never mind how gruesome the punishments they cannot prevent discipline on both sides from collapsing. Tradition its why frederick himself wrote that russian soldiers should see at their own office some more than the an english i would stay and not ready to throw some light on how discipline was maintained the gulf and hella slipped off to destroy us. Its a day frederick will never forget he confronts the superior power of austrians and russians storm off now called the sick to the east of frank fat and or death once again the murderous battle unfolds as has been the case so often the king has once again in the firing nine. This time hes hit by a bullet. Theres the majesty. Is this the end of frederick and all the prussians dreams of superpower status. Go. A golden snuffbox makes history the bullet got stuck in the lid. Land. Land. After the coup has doff catastrophe frederick wants to give up and take his own life. He always carries poison in a locket on his past and. He writes to a minister in berlin. Mine indeed it is just my misfortune is that im still alive i had forty eight. Thousand lands and as i write i dont even have three thousand left berlin would be well advised to think of its safety i have nothing left anymore i will not survive the decline of my father and the stephen leaving just like so many of his saunders. His salvation of arrives on expected me his enemies are not united they do not seen the tongues provided by the victory and then empress elizabeth dies in st petersburg. Pass excessive peter that that is a glowing fan of the prussians king its the saving miracle the miracle of the house of brandenburg. Mary at ten days and loses her most important ally russia makes peace with prussia britain defeats fronts in north america and is now the number one naval and colonial power it loses interest in the german battles france also withdrawals and prussia profits. Deceived media could keep the seven years war wasnt yet a total war us not what makes it so specific but the actual nearest goal is that they state still anything but a major power was able to assert itself in the face of a European Coalition over a period of seven years hope the current us you busy vinyasa. The treaty of who bachus book in seven hundred sixty three ends the seventy as more. A peace treaty between austria and prussia without any noteworthy territorial gains on either side salesian remains prussian. Better a mediocre peace than a glorious war explains the hapsburg empress who signs with a shaking hand. Mary at ten days a has been unable to prevent russia from becoming a second german superpower. Lead she will never meet oche enemy frederick and yet she has stood incredibly fun. Playing. Frederick the second has achieved what he wanted but he has paid a high price the war he treated claimed four hundred thousand lives in brandon both russia and lenin and he any escaped defeat sense to love. The end. When mary had ten days a dies in seventeen eighteen frederick lights. I waged war against her but i was never hurt and. Frederick himself dies in seventeen eighty six lonely but with his goal intact. He leaves behind two powers who will continue to fight on se on german soil. The end. Oh oh oh oh. Oh oh oh. Ah for sick and lacking. More and more americans feel theyre being marginalized. By these people who want to change that. The Poor Peoples Campaign will. Win this movement for Economic Justice is gaining momentum throughout the country. Three thousand and thirty minutes on d w. Stories that people of the world over information they provide the paintings they want to express d. 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