The War of the Fourth Coalition in 1806
is the prime historical example of Prussia attacking Napoleon essentially alone without effective coalition help. Following years of neutrality, Prussia grew deeply alarmed by Napoleon's expanding influence in Germany and the creation of the Confederation of the Rhine. Driven by a misplaced confidence in the legacy of Frederick the Great, the Prussian leadership issued an ultimatum to France demanding the withdrawal of French troops from German soil.
In October 1806, the French army decisively crushed the Prussian forces at the twin battles of Jena and Auerstedt. The Prussian military state collapsed in mere weeks, leading to the occupation of Berlin and proving that attacking Napoleon without synchronized coalition support was a catastrophic mistake
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**british
When your whole identity is being a war machine and an army with a state but in 200 years you were only able to win exactly >>>1<<< war against a non-german superpower, and it was a beat up post-Napoleonic France in what’s the textbook definition of a limited war.
LEEEEEROOOOOY!!!!
This is also where the Prussians came up with Prussian General Staff and the system of leadership that evolved from it that gave rise to the likes of the Schlieffen Plan. So basically, the rake meme.
iirc, Auftragstaktik (mission tactics) can be attributed to this.
Prussians thought they were him ig
*the Austrians, Russians, and Swedish wondering why Prussia didn’t do this like a year ago when the warning signs were there and they all could have coordinated a better attack