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Frederick William I Research Paper

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Frederick William I, also known as the “solider king” acieved great success for Prussia. He was a military mastermind who constructed the largest army in Europe. The military was alway his first priority. Therefore, he always kept his military uniform on. He constructed this great army with his side kick, Prince Lepold of Anhalt-Dessau. Dessau was a great solider and strategist. He made the army percised with his invention of the marching step. He also, provided the soliders with bayonetts and replaced the old ramrod with ones made out of iron which enabled them to reload their muskets faster. Furthermore, Frederick William I was a hash disiplinarian who punished misbehaved soliders by flogging and executions. Therefore, his special equitment

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