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Prussian landed nobility who dominate the officer corps and are presented as the elite warriors behind later German militarism.
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Junkers
Prussian landed nobility who dominate the officer corps and are presented as the elite warriors behind later German militarism.
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The Prussian army was disciplined and elite but structurally brittle because it could not afford casualties, moved slowly, and fought inflexibly.
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"...The officers and generals are nobility. And they are called the Junkers. This is very important. I want you guys to remember the term...."
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"Let's look at the soldiers. The soldiers come from France. There are three sources. The first is conscription. Okay? Conscription just means that you..."
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"They just happen to be people from neighboring nations that the Prussians kidnap into their army. Okay? So you have these three main sources...."
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"Okay? These men are extremely well -trained. They're extremely well -disciplined. They cannot afford to lose that many soldiers in battle. Okay? That's the..."
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