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Albrecht Theodor Emil, count von Roon, Prussian army officer who, with Chancellor Otto von Bismarck and General Helmuth von Moltke, brought the German Empire into being and made Germany the leading power on the continent of Europe. After his father, a Prussian army officer, died during the French

Albrecht von Roon, the Prussian Minister of War from 1859 to 1873, put into effect a series of reforms of the Prussian military system in the 1860s. Among these were two major reforms that substantially increased the military power of Germany.

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Deutsch: Albrecht von Roon. English: Albrecht Theodor Emil Graf von Roon (30 April 1803 – 23 February 1879) was a Prussian soldier and politician.

In 1868, Bismarck made his opposition to any colonial acquisitions clear in a letter to the Prussian Minister of War Albrecht von Roon: On the one hand, the benefits which one might derive from colonies for the Motherland's trade and industry are mostly illusory.

modifier. Albrecht Theodor Emil von Roon (né à Pleushagen, arrondissement de la principauté (de) près de Colberg en province de Poméranie le 30 avril 1803 – mort à Berlin le 23 février 1879) est un général et homme d'État prussien. Roon, avec le chancelier Bismarck et le général von Moltke, est l'un des principaux artisans de l ...

Dating from the 17th century, it was the residence of the Prussian Minister of War Albrecht von Roon during the 19th century. Captured by: Sachsenhits. Library. Learn More About HistoryView VR

Albrecht von Roon. Count Albrecht Theodor Emil von Roon was born on 30 April 1803 in Pleushagen-Kaltenhagen, near Colberg, in Pomerania (Plesna - Pomerania). His family was of Flemish origin, and ...

William reconsidered, and instead on the advice of Minister of War Albrecht von Roon appointed Otto von Bismarck, who had offered to push through the military reform even against the majority of the Diet, as Minister-President. The appointment of Bismarck, an authoritarian who would often ignore or overrule the Diet, set Frederick on a ...