The Miracle of the House of Brandenburg
1762 · Event
With Prussia scraping its last recruits, the Tsarina Elizabeth — Frederick's implacable enemy — dies, and her successor Peter III, a worshipful Frederick fan, instantly makes peace and returns every conquest. The coalition collapses; Prussia keeps Silesia and its great-power rank. Hitler's bunker, in 1945, waited for the same miracle twice.
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