The Austro-Prussian War - Explained in 11 Minutes

The Austro-Prussian War - Explained in 11 Minutes

Europe has always been home to conflicts and power struggles across the map. For a continent so big and intertwined, and with frequently shifting borders all throughout history, it’s no surprise that war would often become inevitable.
In the case of Central Europe, as the second half of the 19th century came around, the clash for dominance and consolidated power over the region would be between the mighty Austrian Empire and the rising state of Prussia…
The Kingdom of Prussia, at this time, was part of the German Confederation and was becoming the most powerful and influential of the incorporated states next to the Austrian Empire. Its leaders were the Hohenzollern family and in particular, King Wilhelm I alongside Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck.

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The Austro-Prussian War: Austria's War with Prussia and Italy in 1866



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[Knowledgia]

Some extra Information: For centuries Austria was considered the leader of the German states and the Habsburg Family controlled the Emperorship of the Formal Holy Roman Empire.
Another German state, Prussia became increasingly powerful and by the late 18th century was ranked as one of the great powers of Europe and started to contest Austria's supremacy in Germany.
As nationalism increased in Europe, a powerful aim of most German nationalists was the gathering of all Germans under one state.
Some possibilities existed. One including Austria, and one excluding Austria.
The Prussian Prime Minister, Otto Von Bismarck opted to not impose harsh terms against the Austrian Empire, so they can become allies in the future. After the German Unification there will still be rivalry between Germany and Austria, but they were allies in World War 1.
There were also other major battles that we didn’t cover in this video and also the Italian participation was very important. To not make this video very long we tried to focus on the major events and on the most important battle of the war.

[Z.E.O.]

a couple decades later:
Bismarck: I'm going to jump
Kaiser Wilhelm II: Do a flip!

[Barwasser]

Bismark really knew how to make peace. Sometimes this is just as important as knowing how to win wars.

[edwinsparda]

Austria ruled German states for centuries.
Austria today: we're not German.

[DisgruntledHippo]

A good book that covers this topic is "The Pursuit of Power. Europe 1815-1914."

[HistoryOfRevolutions]

"It's the desire to be barbaric that makes governments call their enemies barbarians"

- Bertolt Brecht

[ondrejsatny]

I live in north-east of Czech republic. Almost everywhere around you can see 1866 crosses. Under my small 5k town lies 50 000 soldiers. Just because Austrian general didn't listen to retreat command and sent his man in small groups against prussians. Horror.

[MrAsullivan]

Bismarck was the greatest diplomat to ever live. The amount of foresight he had is astonishing

[Newdivide]

One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans.

- Otto von Bismarck

[magmanek]

Although my country has been part of Austrian empire till the end of WW1 and we've learned about this, I still managed to learn a lot In almost 11 minutes.. Great video!

[HighPeakMapping]

Ah the brother's war. One to remember.

[none]

Frederick The Great, the only German who defeated the world powers by himself.

[vincenzochianese]

Prussia : Italy what did you do in this war?
Italy: that's the neat part, I didn't

[d.s.archer]

The Battle of Königgrätz (Sadowa), 3 July 1866, is especially interesting because it culminates in a situation we have seen throughout military history: last-minute reinforcements arriving and turning the tide of battle. A few examples are Towton (1461), Marengo (1800), Waterloo (1815), Antietam (1862), and The Wilderness (1864).

[heliosapollyon]

Prussia is such a kickass name for a country or maybe it's badass IDK

[blockmasterscott]

God, it sounds like 2 brothers who could not get along in their adult years and always got into a fist fight at summer family picnics lol.

[cwalumgutair]

The video is finally here, thank you knowledgia

[compatriot]

Imagine a world where Austria unified Germany. I wonder how that would change the world

[yourlocalt]

*Loads up Victoria 2*
Ah shit here we go again

[ulrichhartmann]

The North German Confederation was no continuation of the German Confederation. It was not a loose assembly of independent states but a unified federal state. (And it did not contain Luxembourg and the Dutch province of Limburg.) In fact, the later German empire was nothing else but an extended version of the North German Confederation.