That constitution was essentially written by McArthur’s staff. There were many who wanted to make Germany pacifist too, but the Soviet occupied zone essentially became a Prussian communist state armed to the teeth, which in reaction the US, Britain, and France agreed to allow W. Germany to re-arm.
Which brings another question (further back in time (which I haven’t been able to comprehend)... Prussia (Persia-Russia?!?)
Where did this country/area name come from (Persia / Russia)?
What was the religion then? sorry... my history books/teachers/lessons didn’t teach this when I was in elementary/jr/sr high school (wonder why!?!)...
Honestly, I want to learn this history...
Also, what is ‘Sino’ Japanese war? (Sino?)...
Lots to learn...
MJ
Sino = Chinese
There is always Wikipedia:
“The name Prussia derives from that of the Old Prussians, a Baltic people related to the Lithuanians and Latvians; “Old Prussia” was later conquered by the Teutonic Knights and then slowly Germanised. The union of the Margraviate of Brandenburg and the Duchy of Prussia in 1618 led to the proclamation of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Prussia
And the Elector of Brandenburg became the King of Prussia because it was his only significant territory not historically part of the Holy Roman Empire.
See also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia
Persia doesn't enter into this. Completely separate nation.
I'm no expert, but here's what I would say on Prussia:
Russia is named for the Rus people who were there more than 1000 years ago. Russia straddles Europe and Asia and has been expansionist in both directions for a long time. A long time ago, there weren't really nation-states, but regions occupied by peoples who spoke a common language. One of these languages is called "Old Prussian" and it gave it's name to a region that was dominated by Russian peoples at the eastern end of their domains. Both the Russian language and the Old Prussian language are part of the Balto-Slavic language group, so similarity in naming is not surprising.
In time, (800 years ago or so) this area was conquered by Teutonic Knights from Germany and became more aligned with German culture than with Russian culture.
So the land of Prussia is essentially a German place, with a name relating to an earlier period when it was dominated by Balto-Slavic people similar to the Russians.