Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Sojojin Prussia sun sha wahala sosai a cikin yakin, tare da kimanin mutane 180,000 da aka kashe, kuma jami'in jami'in ya kasance mai tsanani. Bayan zaman lafiya jihar ba ta da kudi ko ma'aikata don sake gina sojojin zuwa abin da ya kasance kafin yakin. A shekara ta 1772 an dawo da sojojin dindindin na Prussia zuwa maza 190,000, amma kaɗan daga cikin jami'an sun kasance tsoffin sojoji na Yaƙe-yaƙe na Silesian. A cikin yakin da ya biyo bayan nasarar Bavarian
(1778<unk>1779) Prussians sun yi yaƙi da talauci, duk da cewa Frederick ne ke jagorantar su, kuma sojojin Prussia ba su yi nasara ba a kan Faransa mai juyin juya hali a 1792<unk>1795. A cikin 1806 Faransawa na Napoleon sun ragargaza Faransanci a Yaƙin Jena; kawai bayan jerin gyare-gyare da bala'in 1806 <unk> 1807 ya motsa ikon soja na Prussian ya sake fara girma.