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Frederick the Great's Prussia had 1 soldier for every 28 citizens. How did this ratio compare to Prussia in the Napoleonic Wars, Franco-Prussian War, and Germany in WW1?

by /u/TortaDelBBQ in /r/AskHistorians

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