The Rise and Fall of Jund’s Kingdom Lieutenant Jund was headed to the gallows, back to square one. However, he had to look back to where he went wrong while acting as King of Prussia. Where did he make one false step? Where he abandoned the peasants for the nobility to save himself? Where he declared war on Russia? Where he lied to the peasants about the promised reforms and economic stability? Jund had to go back to the very beginning, when he had King Frederick William at his knees.
5 years earlier (1848) Lund was able to besiege Berlin from the inside out with ease. How easy, Lund thought? He remembered: The Trap. What happened in The Trap? Two thousand peasants gave their lives so that eighteen thousand peasants could sweep in and overwhelm …show more content…
He had to choose between being the man of the peasantry or a man of nobility, like any other major ruler in Europe except for Napoleon III, who led the other successful revolt and proclaimed France’s second republic in history. He had promised to make reforms to support the peasant masses. However, the nobles have objected increasingly over the last 18 months of his time in power. So, Jund had to make the choice of internal strife with the peasants, or war with Russia because of lack of nobility support. He chose, in the form of writing a decree. He would regret that decision for a long while.
6 months earlier ( January 1853) Jund was ready to lead out his army, probably the most untrained army since General Washington’s rebels fought the Brits 70 years ago. He had a solid three years to make his troops into a formidable force. This might be the first and last battle of this war. It was him, with 16,000 peasants, against the forces of Austria and Russia, headed by Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia, which were twice as strong. This was for the city of Berlin He started the battle by charging into the Russian flank. Russia has the most untrained troops, he thought. Thus, this should be a walk in the park with my dog! Right?!
Wrong. Very wrong.
What Jund thought was going to be the greatest victory of his life turned into a quick, twenty minute rout of his troops. Jund tried running away northward, towards the
5 years earlier (1848) Lund was able to besiege Berlin from the inside out with ease. How easy, Lund thought? He remembered: The Trap. What happened in The Trap? Two thousand peasants gave their lives so that eighteen thousand peasants could sweep in and overwhelm …show more content…
He had to choose between being the man of the peasantry or a man of nobility, like any other major ruler in Europe except for Napoleon III, who led the other successful revolt and proclaimed France’s second republic in history. He had promised to make reforms to support the peasant masses. However, the nobles have objected increasingly over the last 18 months of his time in power. So, Jund had to make the choice of internal strife with the peasants, or war with Russia because of lack of nobility support. He chose, in the form of writing a decree. He would regret that decision for a long while.
6 months earlier ( January 1853) Jund was ready to lead out his army, probably the most untrained army since General Washington’s rebels fought the Brits 70 years ago. He had a solid three years to make his troops into a formidable force. This might be the first and last battle of this war. It was him, with 16,000 peasants, against the forces of Austria and Russia, headed by Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia, which were twice as strong. This was for the city of Berlin He started the battle by charging into the Russian flank. Russia has the most untrained troops, he thought. Thus, this should be a walk in the park with my dog! Right?!
Wrong. Very wrong.
What Jund thought was going to be the greatest victory of his life turned into a quick, twenty minute rout of his troops. Jund tried running away northward, towards the