“Frederick William of Brandenburg, the "Great Elector.””
A Short History of Germany
“Frederick William of Brandenburg, the "Great Elector.””
“It was not the people of Prussia who bartered their allegiance to the fatherland for peace and for Hanover. It was their King and princes who brought this stain upon them, and their beautiful Queen Louise, mother of the late Emperor William, had pleaded in vain with the King to pursue a loyal and patriotic course. The””
General Sir William Platt, was a senior officer of the British Army during both the First and the Second World Wars.