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Units and Formations of the Prussian Army: Potsdam Giants, Prussian Dragoon Regiment Number 5 Bayreuth Dragoons, L Tzow Free Corps

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Chapters: Potsdam Giants, Prussian Dragoon Regiment Number 5 Bayreuth Dragoons, L tzow Free Corps, Freiwilliges Feldj ger-Korps Von Schmidt, Russian-german Legion, Zieten Hussars, Garde Du Corps. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Potsdam Giants was the Prussian infantry regiment No 6, composed of taller-than-average soldiers. The regiment was founded in 1675 and dissolved in 1806 after the Prussian defeat against Napoleon. Throughout the reign of the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia (1688-1740) the unit was known as the "Potsdamer Riesengarde" ("giant guard of Potsdam") in German, but the Prussian population quickly nicknamed them the "Lange Kerls" ("Long guys"). Portrait of James KirklandThe Regiment was founded with a strength of two battalions in 1675 as Regiment Kurprinz under the command of Prince Frederick of Brandenburg, the later King Frederick I of Prussia. In 1688 the later King Frederick William I of Prussia became the nominally Commander of the Regiment by his birth as his father expected him to play with his own Regiment and receive some military training. After Fredrick William I ascended to the throne in 1713 he proceeded to decrease expenses of the court and strengthen his military. He let Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Dessau improve the drill and weapons of his army and hired 40,000 foreign mercenaries. He believed in harsh discipline. He had already begun to recruit taller soldiers for it. The official name of the regiment was the 'Grand Grenadiers of Potsdam' or 'Potsdam Grenadiers' for short. However, when the number of tall soldiers increased, the regiment earned its nickname 'Potsdam Giants'. Their uniform was a red hat, blue jacket with gold trim, scarlet trousers, white stockings, and black shoes. Their weapons ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=17261


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  • ISBN-13: 9781158540686
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 32
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 59 gr
  • ISBN-10: 115854068X
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Potsdam Giants, Prussian Dragoon Regiment Number 5 Bayreuth Dragoons, L Tzow Free Corps
  • Width: 229 mm


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