Third Silesian War
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The Third Silesian War was a war between Prussia and Austria that lasted from 1756 to 1763 and confirmed Prussia's control of the region of Silesia. The war was fought mainly in Silesia, Bohemia and U
Prussian grenadiers advancing at the Battle of Leuthen
Prussian Field Marshal Kurt von Schwerin dying of wounds at the Battle of Prague, as depicted by Johann Christoph Frisch
The Battle of Rossbach, where a portion of Prussia's army destroyed the united French and Imperial armies in a 90-minute battle
Prussian grenadiers storming the parish church during the Battle of Leuthen, as depicted by Carl Röchling
Silesian Wars
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The Silesian Wars were three wars fought in the mid-18th century between Prussia and Habsburg Austria for control of the Central European region of Silesia. The First and Second Silesian Wars formed p
Europe in the years after the Treaty of Vienna (1738) and before the First Silesian War, with Prussia in violet and the Habsburg monarchy in gold
Maria Theresa of Austria c. 1744, by Martin van Meytens
Prussian grenadiers overrunning Saxon forces during the Battle of Hohenfriedberg, as depicted by Carl Röchling
Frederick the Great of Prussia in 1745, by Antoine Pesne