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Potsdam Giants: Breeding Extremely Tall Humans for Battle

"I'm not interested in the most beautiful girl or woman in the world, but tall soldiers are my weakness," the king reportedly told the French envoy.

By Hrothsige Frithowulf
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Officers with spontoons ahead of the grenadiers. Carl Röchling's Battle of Hohenfriedeberg painting, Attack of Prussian Infantry, June 4th, 1745, shows the Potsdam Giants Grenadier Guards Batallion.
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