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1.8 meters tall? That is not much by todays standards. It should be mentioned what wad the avarege height of soldiers of that era (and why), than these guys would really seem tall (and as a result difficult to find). Mieciu K 13:39, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
When I first read this it seemed like a clever ruse by some bored German history major...but actually there are sources for it out there... Thomas Carlyle seems to have written about it [1] , unless of course that same bored German history major is inventing sources. Paul 06:57, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
6 Prussian feet may have been 1.88 metres, or it may have been 5 foot 11 in British/American feet, but it can't have been both because 5 foot 11' is only 180.34cm. Abberley2 ( talk) 12:11, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone know where the supposed quotation to the French ambassador comes from? My own searches for it didn't turn up anything and the edit was made with no source backing it up. Here is a link to the original revision that added this claim. For now, I tagged it as citation needed. Posidon99999 ( talk) 00:10, 10 April 2024 (UTC)