70.1 Battle of Königgrätz 1866 - Background

A History of Europe, Key Battles

Carl Rylett

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🗓️ 23 September 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Any list of decisive battles of European history would be incomplete without a battle which occurred on 3 July 1866 near the town of Königgrätz, in the north of the today’s Czech Republic.

The victorious allies of the Schleswig War of 1864, the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, soon after fall out with each other and go to war.

Austria faces great challenges - in the centre of Europe and facing in two directions – north and west to Germany, and south and east to a number of various ethnicities in eastern Europe and the Balkans

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2:03.6	Kunigretz is in the north of today's Czech Republic, which was fought between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia.
2:12.6	In terms of size, it was one of the largest battles in the continent's history, about 460,000 men in total,
2:21.3	similar to the largest battle of the Napoleonic War, the Battle of Leipzig, and not to be exceeded until the First World War.
2:29.3	It was, moreover, a battle notable for the use of the advanced technology of the industrial age.
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