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Austro-Prussian War

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[aw-stroh-pruhsh-uhn] / ˈɔ stroʊˈprʌʃ ən /

noun

  1. the war (1866) in which Prussia, Italy, and some minor German states opposed Austria, Saxony, Hanover, and the states of southern Germany.


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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

The Austro-Prussian War of 1866, as we have already shown, had important results for Italy.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers by Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill

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