Supposedly, he and his troops drank it after defeating the Prussian army in 1809. Wine Snobs, Thereâs a Beer for You Jordan Salcito April 4, 2014. Prussian militarism was unlovely, to be sure, but the Kaiser was no FÃ¼hrer. The Utterly Pointless First World War Michael F. Bishop May 21, 2013. The whole purpose was to create this idea that there was this Prussian juggernaut.
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