The fifth year at Briena Military Academy began with France's belated defeat in the Seven Years' War, thirty years delayed.
Remarkably, Prussia still emerged victorious from this thirty-year-delayed conflict.
In the history known to Anning, Prussia's victory was due to Russian Emperor Peter III being a fan of all things German—or here, one might call it "Prussian-ophiliac."
Prussian-ophiliac Peter III, despite Russia's superior military position, actively sought peace with Prussia, returning all occupied lands and forging an alliance with them.
But in this era, Russia was already under Catherine the Great, and the Prussian-ophiliac Emperor had long passed away.
Somehow, Prussian forces still managed to defeat the Russian army.
Anning couldn't help but consider that perhaps this era's Prussia, having been ruled by the enlightened Frederick the Great for longer, had grown stronger.
