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  2. Preußens Gloria - Wikipedia

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    Preußens Gloria, Prussian Army March Collection II, p. 240, is a well-known military march of the 19th century, composed by Johann Gottfried Piefke (1817–1884). [ 1 ] "Preußens Gloria" ("The Glory of Prussia" or "Prussia's Glory") was written in 1871 after the Kingdom of Prussia 's victory in the Franco-Prussian War , which led to the ...

  3. Preußenlied - Wikipedia

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    Bernard Thiersch (1793–1855), the director of a Dortmund gymnasium, wrote the first six verses of the song in Halberstadt to honor the birthday of King Frederick William III of Prussia in 1830. The melody was composed in 1832 by August Neithardt (1793–1861), the Royal Music Director of the 2nd Garde-Grenadier-Regiment of the Prussian Army .

  4. Armeemarschsammlung - Wikipedia

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    The basis for the creation of an extensive set of scores for military brass bands lies in a highest cabinet order (Allerhöchste Kabinettsorder) of King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia on 10 February 1817 requesting a selection of proven compositions for every regiment of infantry, cavalry and artillery:

  5. German militarism - Wikipedia

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    The robust military structuralism built in Prussia up to 1849 survived the following period of industrialisation and was never threatened up to the collapse of the German army in 1945. Between 1871 and 1945, the "classical period of German militarism" was the result of that development, representing the peak of the social phenomenon of German ...

  6. Prussian Army - Wikipedia

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    Stein arrived in East Prussia and led the raising of a Landwehr, or militia to defend the province. With Prussia's joining of the Sixth Coalition out of his hands, Frederick William III quickly began to mobilize the army, and the East Prussian Landwehr was duplicated in the rest of the country. In comparison to 1806, the Prussian populace ...

  7. Heil dir im Siegerkranz - Wikipedia

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    One of the jokes at the time was that the song's title is changed to "Heil Dir im Sonderzug" ("Hail to Thee in Thy Royal Train"), owing to Wilhelm II's frequent travels. After the beginning of World War I in 1914, Hugo Kaun set the text of the anthem to new music to remove the similarity to "God Save the King".

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  9. Der Hohenfriedberger - Wikipedia

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    so dicht auf Friedbergs Höh'n, Wir reiten sie zusammen wie Frühlingsschnee. 2nd Stanza: Have no worries, Colonel von Schwerin, [1] A Prussian Dragoon does not flee, never! And they [2] also still stand so close together on Friedberg's height, We could ride them down like spring snow. [3] Refrain (2x): Ob Säbel, ob Kanon', ob Kleingewehr uns ...