Kammala wannan jumla: A cikin Yakin Shekaru Bakwai, rundunar Friedrich von Platen ta tafi Saxony a 1756. A ranar 4 ga Maris, 1757, Platen ya karbi Rundunar Dragoon "Langermann" No. 8 a matsayin Inhaber (Mai mallakar) kuma an daukaka shi zuwa "major general". A ranar 15 ga Afrilu 1757 ya yi yaƙi a Gross-Jägersdorf. Bayan yaƙin, an tura rundunar zuwa Pomerania don kare ta daga Sweden kuma ta yi yaƙi a can a kewaye da Stralsund. A farkon 1758, an tura rundunar zuwa Farther Pomerania, inda aka tura shi har zuwa Yuni a kan Rasha. Ya yi yaƙi a ranar 25 ga watan Agusta a
Yaƙin Zorndorf, inda 'ya'yansa biyu suka mutu. Bayan janyewar Rasha, rundunar ta kori sojoji daga irin waɗannan garuruwan da Rasha ta mamaye kamar Gollnow da Greifenberg. Daga nan sai ya koma arewacin Sweden kuma rundunarsa ta mamaye Prenzlau bayan yakin Pasewalk a watan Disamba. A ranar 17 ga Janairu 1759, ya shiga cikin kama Demmin, bayan haka aka sake tura shi a kan Rasha, a wannan lokacin a yankin Stolp.