Austro-Prussian War
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In the 1860s, the first breech-loading rifles were developed, first seeing widespread use in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 in which Prussian infantry utterly overwhelmed Austrian soldiers armed with older muskets.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
Napoleon III was infuriated – Bismarck even humiliated Napoleon by leaking a memo to the press in which Napoleon’s machinations for territory before the Austro-Prussian War were revealed.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
In addition, as Mr. Beller-McKenna notes, the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 may have complicated matters for Brahms, a German living in Vienna who was not yet won over to the victorious Prussian cause.
From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2016
At the time, Italy had just been unified in the wake of the Austro-Prussian War and it was clear that Germany, still divided into several separate political entities, was heading in that direction.
From Slate • Dec. 19, 2011
Yet, though the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 was not unexpected, its rapid termination and fateful outcome came as a severe and sudden shock to France.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various
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