Talk:The Prussian Conquest/@comment-3528232-20110211194821/@comment-3300047-20110212035614

Prussia was one of the Kingdoms which was trying to gain Control of the Holy Roman Empire (Germany). It was in competiton with Austria, Bavaria, Wuttengburg, Saxony, and Hannover (which shared monarchs with England at the time).

Prussia under Fredrick II built up a strong army, and the prussians became renowned for this and had one of the best armies on the world (combined with the best navy in the world in the form of the allied British Navy)

Prussia would go on to unify Germany.