IT may safely be assumed that the early history of Prussia is known to the great majority of English readers only from the first four books of Carlyle’s Frederic the Great. So powerful was the ...

When Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben arrived at Valley Forge on Feb. 23, 1778, one soldier likened him to "an ancient fabled God of War ... a perfect personification of Mars." Far from a ...

In August 1757, Prussia faced the Russian bear for the first time. Because of the lack of knowledge about Russian warfare at the time (the only points of reference were Sweden's Great Northern War and ...

THE changes that have taken place in Europe in the last twenty years are of a most comprehensive character, and as strange as comprehensive ; and their consequences are likely to be as remarkable as ...

Major General Friedrich Wilhelm Baron von Steuben’s loud, gruff voice can be heard throughout Valley Forge, barking orders in his limited knowledge of English to General George Washington’s cold, ...

In the first few months of his second term, President Donald Trump has raised concerns among commentators and academics that the U.S. could face a constitutional crisis. Trump has issued numerous ...

HOCHKIRCH, Germany (Reuters) - He once governed Ukraine and Berlin, controlled Finland, and might have changed British history -- but is little known in his native Scotland. Sign up here. The late ...

A reconstructed Prussian palace will open in Berlin on Wednesday as a museum complex housing colonial artifacts, just as debate is gathering pace around the return of treasures plundered from abroad.

This 2018 photo shows the start of construction on the exterior of the Berlin Palace, whose architectural style is credited to Andreas Schlüter. (Image credit: Stiftung Humboldt Forum/David von Becker ...