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Frederick the Great: The Miracle of Rossbach
In 1757, Prussia seemed doomed. Surrounded by France, Austria, Russia, and Sweden in the Seven Years' War, King Frederick II — known as Frederick the Great — faced annihilation. This episode zeroes in on the Battle of Rossbach, a stunning ninety-minute victory that saved his kingdom and cemented his reputation as a military genius. We walk through the terrain, the battlefield tactics — General Seydlitz's cavalry charge, the hidden ridge, the oblique order at Leuthen that followed — and the political stakes for the Hohenzollern dynasty. Frederick's survival against the odds, the…
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