The Austria-Prussian War of 1866
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- Created on: 14-04-22 11:04
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- The Austro-Prussian War of 1866
- The Austrian Army
- Many anticipated an Austrian victory
- More breech loading cannons
- Superior cavalry
- Command system was chaotic
- Staff work and tactics were obsolete
- Best army was fighting Italy on the Southern front
- Austria fell back onto the defensive
- Failed to attack the two Prussian armies in isolation
- Allowed Prussia to combine and envelop them
- Role of Bismarck
- Battle of Sadowa
- Arrival of Prussia's second army saved them
- 1/4 of Prussian army didn't reach the battle
- Prussia still inflicted 3x as many casualties as they suffered
- Needle Gun meant Prussians could shoot standing up
- West front in Sadowa was 9 miles long
- Outcome
- Austria suffered defeat twice more
- Custozza (Italy)
- Lissa (Naval Battle)
- Bismarck managed to restrain von Moltke from crushing Austria
- 7-weeks of war ended with 2 conditions
- Austria ceded Venetia to Italy
- Austria withdrew from the German Confed.
- Austria suffered defeat twice more
- Role of Others
- Helmuth von Moltke
- Made good use of the railways to move troops
- Used the electric telegraph to control the troops from Berlin
- Italy, France, Russia, Britain
- Each country had their own motives for entering into agreements with Prussia
- Helmuth von Moltke
- The Austrian Army
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