I had not heard of the Battle of Zorndorf. The story of the Seven Years War, known as the French and Indian War in America, is usually taught from the British and American point of view here, with short shrift given the Prussian contribution. I looked it up and Zorndorf certainly foreshadows the savagery we have witnessed on the Eastern Front in this War.
A foreshadow of Hitler, and of heartless Russian plundering.
It’s no wonder Hitler admired Frederick II. They had a lot in common.