How the Small Kingdom of Prussia Unified Germany PT II.

The birth of a new nation

Frederick William III during the Battle of the Nations. Image Source: Johann Peter Krafft, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons

As I have covered in PT I, by 1786, when Prussia’s warrior King, Frederick the Great, had closed his eyes forever, the Kingdom of Prussia was among the great powers of Europe.

Still, the unification of all the German states under the leadership of the Prussian eagle was some time away.