Back عمالقة بوتسدام Arabic Altpreußisches Infanterieregiment No. 6 (1806) German Regimiento de Infantería n.º 6 (Prusia) Spanish Potsdami hiiglased Estonian 6e régiment d'infanterie prussien de 1675 French ענקי פוטסדאם HE Giganti di Potsdam Italian 巨人連隊 Japanese Potsdamas milži Latvian/Lettish Pułk olbrzymów Polish
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The Potsdam Giants was the name given to Prussian infantry regiment No 6. The regiment was composed of taller-than-average soldiers, and was founded in 1675. It was eventually dissolved in 1806, after the Prussians were defeated by Napoleon. Throughout the reign of the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia (1688–1740), the unit was known as the "Potsdamer Riesengarde" ("giant guard of Potsdam") in German, but the Prussian population quickly nicknamed them the Lange Kerls ("long fellows").