The King Who Fought 6 Wars at Once – Frederick the Great

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]What do you do when the five greatest empires in Europe declare war on you at the same time? If you're Frederick the Great, you attack first. In 1756, Prussia was a small kingdom surrounded by giants: France, Austria, Russia, Sweden, and Saxony. Everyone expected Frederick to be crushed in weeks. Instead, he used oblique order tactics, striking the enemy's weakest flank [music] with concentrated force. He marched his army faster than anyone thought possible, winning impossible victories [music] like Leuthen and Rossbach. He slept in the mud with his soldiers, played the flute to calm his mind, and turned Prussia into a global superpower through sheer iron will. He famously said, "He who defends everything defends [music] nothing."

[00:00:46]Is he the greatest military mind in history? Let me know in the comments.