Introduction The Carnatic Wars were a series of military conflicts in the middle of the 18th century in India. The conflicts involved numerous nominally independent rulers and their vassals, struggles for succession and territory; and included a diplomatic and military struggle between the French East India Company and the British East India Company. They were… Read More
Introduction The Anglo-Spanish War (Spanish: Guerra Anglo-Española) was a military conflict fought between Britain and Spain as part of the Seven Years’ War. It lasted from January 1762 until February 1763 when the Treaty of Paris brought it to an end. For most of the Seven Years’ War, Spain remained neutral, turning down offers from… Read More
Introduction The Spanish invasion of Portugal between 05 May and 24 November 1762 was a main military episode of the wider Seven Years’ War, where Spain and France were heavily defeated by the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance (including broad popular resistance). It initially involved the forces of Spain and Portugal, before the French and British intervened in… Read More
Introduction The Spanish-Portuguese War between 1762 and 1763 was fought as part of the Seven Years’ War. Because no major battles were fought, even though there were numerous movements of troops and heavy losses among the Spanish invaders – decisively defeated in the end – the war is known in the Portuguese historiography as the… Read More
Introduction The Seven Years’ War (1756-1763) was a global conflict, “a struggle for global primacy between Britain and France,” which also had a major impact on the Spanish Empire. In Europe, the conflict arose from issues left unresolved by the War of the Austrian Succession, with Prussia seeking greater dominance. Long standing colonial rivalries between… Read More
Introduction The Third Silesian War (German: Dritter Schlesischer Krieg) was a war between Prussia and Austria (together with its allies) that lasted from 1756 to 1763 and confirmed Prussia’s control of the region of Silesia (now in south-western Poland). The war was fought mainly in Silesia, Bohemia and Upper Saxony and formed one theatre of… Read More
Introduction At the Battle of Leuthen, fought on 05 December 1757, Frederick the Great’s Prussian army used manoeuvre and terrain to completely rout a larger Austrian force commanded by Prince Charles of Lorraine and Count Leopold Joseph von Daun. The victory ensured Prussia’s control of Silesia during the Third Silesian War (1756 to 1763, part… Read More
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