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In July 1866, Austria and Prussia faced each other in the final duel for supremacy in the German Confederation, after years of schemes and schemes by Otto von Bismarck, then Prussian Chancellor. The winner would lead the German future through the 19th century and beyond. A confrontation that determined not only the history of Central Europe, but also defined the destiny of the world as it entered the 20th century. In this video you will see what led two great German powers to the “War of the Brothers” or Austro-Prussian War of 1866 and its epic outcome at the Battle of Königgrätz. ---------------------------------- REFERENCES (in order of importance for the documentary): HEADLAM, James Wycliffe. “Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire”; WILKINSON, Spencer. “THE BRAIN OF AN ARMY: A Popular Account of the German General Staff”; WRIGHT, v.; HOZIER, Henry M. “The Campaign of 1866 in Germany”; TAYLOR, AJP “BISMARCK: The Man and the Statesman”; PRESLAND, John. “VAE VICTIS: The Life of Ludwig von Benedek”; BRIDGE, FR; BULLEN, Roger. “The Great Powers and the European States System 1814-1914”; MOLTKE, Helmuth von. “Moltke's Projects for the Campaign of 1866 Against Austria”; ROTHENBERG, Gunther E. “The Army of Francis Joseph”; HUGHES, Daniel. “Moltke on the Art of War”; WILSON, Peter H. “IRON AND BLOOD: A military history of the German-speaking peoples since 1500”; ZUBER, Terence. “The Moltke Myth: Prussian War Planning 1857-1871”. LETTERS AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES War letters archive “Kriegsbriefe”, University of Bonn, available at: https://digitale-sammlungen.ulb.uni-b..., accessed on 09/11/2024; German press archive, University of Heidelberg and Munich, available at: https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de and https://digitale-sammlungen.de, accessed on 09/11/2024. ----------------------------- ELEMENTS: Maps created with GeoLayers 3, ©MapBox and ©OpenStreetMap; Music provided by EPIDEMIC SOUND; SFX from Napoleon: Total War and Ultimate General: Civil War; NO elements in this video were created with Artificial Intelligence, some images, however, were enlarged with the help of an AI tool to increase their resolutions. #history #militaryhistory #germany