Frederick the Great's Battle of Mollwitz, 1741 ⚔️ | First Silesian War

On April 10 1741, a Prussian army under King Frederick II faced an Austrian army under Count Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg. The small electorate of Prussia challenged the mighty Habsburg Dynasty, without a doubt the most powerful dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire. It was the first of many major military engagements of the young Prussian King, who would later become known as Frederick the Great.
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0:00 Introduction
1:11 Geopolitical Background (1648-1740)
6:23 The Battle of Mollwitz, 1741
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Sources:
Blanning, Tim. Frederick the Great: King of Prussia. Penguin UK, 2015.
Clark, Christopher M. Iron kingdom: the rise and downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947. Harvard University Press, 2006.
Duffy, Christopher. Frederick the Great: a military life. Routledge, 2015.
Fraser, David. Frederick the Great: King of Prussia. Penguin Uk, 2000.
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[@Friedrich2DerGrosse]

To be fair it was my first battle! I got better with time.

[@thebabylonian109]

Your horse appreciated it, it was quite worn out after your little "incident" in this battle! 🐎

[@talamioros]

I like me a king who learns from his mistakes!

[@stephenbesley3177]

@@talamioros I have never imagined Frederick as cowardly. He was not a fool either and I imagine an exhausted king was wise enugh to leave a far more experienced general to finish the fight. For certain he had learned a great deal from his mistakes and recognise them which, surely is half his battle with himself.

[@thefreakingc8557]

excellent work anyways

[@arslongavitabrevis5136]

LOL = LOL = LOL = LOL

[@aarondemiri486]

love learning about Fredrick the great

[@webcelt]

The iron ramrod doesn't make firing faster, but just lasts longer. As a reenactor, I fire muskets with both ramrods, and other than the type of lock, the speed is determined by sheer practice. The faster rate of fire could be caused entirely by having experienced and well-drilled soldiers fighting untrained recruits.

[@HoH]

Doesn't it lasting longer and being less prone to breaking automatically lead to soldiers reloading/preparing their musket much faster because they don't have to worry about the ramrod breaking in the process? That is the impression I got from the sources, although indeed, the experience of the soldiers definitely played its part.

[@webcelt]

@@HoH I doubt they would be thinking about that during a battle when their focus would be on being fast on staying in line while being shot at. The wood would hold up through a battle, maybe a whole campaign, and in peacetime maybe for the life of the musket But if a ramrod broke, it would be the wooden one, so the replacement makes sense in terms of not risking having it break when needed. In terms of speed though, that's the training and experience of the soldier. If I'm in a race with someone new at loading a musket using iron, and me using a wooden ramrod, I'm going to win that easily. If you hadn't mentioned the Austrians included many raw recruits, I would be mystified by the difference in rate of fire. Soldiers in line infantry fire at the rate of the slowest soldier.

[@maco3893]

@@webcelt There are many historical sources about the Age of Musket that even the Prussian Infantry did not fire in coordinatet salvos after the first Initial volley but instead every soldier fired at will as fast as he was capable. Everything else was not really possible to coordinate for the officers in an ongoing firefight. The famous three-rounds-per-minute ratio has to been seen as an Ideal. Beside the ordinary Musketier did not carry so much ammunition to shoot at this rapid pace over longer time. Even there are sources that the Prussian Army made it possible to got ammunition supplies during a battle to the Battalions this was a very difficult task in a 18th Century Battle. In consequence you have to consider that the real rate of fire was much slower.

[@filthyweaboo2694]

Afaik Prussian iron ramrods throughout this era were very heavy and cylindrical. The point was that you didn't need to rotate it to reload the firearm, which probably did save a second or two. Prussian muskets also, I think, in a later time period had a very interesting system for the musket touch hole (or however the hole between the pan and barrel is called), which was self-priming and thus allowed to skip that step entirely.

[@thebabylonian109]

I think Mr. Ferguson's main point, that the training was the pre-eminent factor above all others, is most valid here. Tech was fine, but during this period strong command and organizational structures were generally more decisive.

[@KHK001]

Always love Prussian History especially Fredrick the great! hope to see the seven years war next

[@HoH]

I am planning on covering all Frederick's major military engagements throughout his reign

[@KHK001]

Glad to hear it! n thanks for your hard work as always

[@AdityaSingh-iz5zs]

@@HoH dear friend you just decided to cover what I desired. You decided to give me what I wanted fiercely for last 2 years. Very huge thank you. Very Very Very huge thank you.

[@Aski2]

Prussian history full of wars, numerous kills, occupations, oppressions, roberies and attaks on neighbouring countries for next pice of territory and some booty. Keep in mind Frederic II was bloody aggressor and conquereor. There is nothing to love, when so many people died and suffer with his numerous aggressions. Can you see that, he did not care about people, numerous death and misery in his wars. He did not care even about his own men, sending them to die in his name in so many wars. Do you really think, that was great?

[@AdityaSingh-iz5zs]

@@Aski2 sir, you are right but if silesian wars didn't happen, partially united germany would have been something different.

[@historymax3d775]

This has to be the only battle I've ever heard of where one side's monarch running away actually WON them the battle.

[@budwyzer77]

And his flight wasn't exactly an act of cowardice. Frederick certainly blundered himself into that situation but he only fled when death or capture became inevitable. An army can forgive an overly bold yet successful commander who fled the battlefield only when he was personally surrounded.

[@maco3893]

1743 at the Battle of Dettingen. King George II was the formal Commander of an allied Army. His Horse or he himself paniked and left the battlefield. The Allied Army won the Battle. Beside this was the last event when a british King commanded an army in the field. Probably they were right to take the lesson of George II

[@historymax3d775]

@@maco3893 Didn't know that. Which war was this? My knowledge of 18th century Britain is a tad rusty.

[@lesdodoclips3915]

@@historymax3d775 war of Austrian succession.

[@historymax3d775]

@@lesdodoclips3915 Ah ok. Thx

[@clarkstartrek]

Mollwitz marked the ONLY time Frederick ever fled a contested Battlefield. HE WOULD NEVER DO IT AGAIN! "Discretion is not always the better part of valor. Almost killed while retiring from the field, Frederick vowed never to leave his troops again-a promise he kept for the rest of his illustrious career."

[@zachyrish2682]

I love your work, the animations are incredible and the narrations so engaging !

[@HoH]

Thank you, Zac, that means a lot. Because English is not my native language, over the years I received many negative comments about my diction and narration. I am happy to hear that actively practising and improving it over the years shows.

[@HoH]

@@stomper5432 Dutch, so German is pretty close linguistics-wise.

[@Cmartell-pr7xh]

Could you please do a video detailing a relatively obscure but genius-level battle fought later on? Namely, the 1864 Battle of Nashville during the American Civil War? It was the only battle in that war in one which side completely destroyed an enemy army and finished off all major fighting in that theater of war.

[@stefansimonovic9747]

Great video. Loved the firing animation rolling up the entire Prussian line

[@michaelmorgan9289]

A wonderfully concise yet accurate depiction of the Battle of Mollwitz. Thank you.

[@HoH]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@marcusmartinez7855]

Awesome stuff!! Love the combo of the map and cartoon drawings of the battle. Well done - HoH!!

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Glad to see another KZbinr covering this era, awesome work!

[@realfakehistory3268]

Love the effort you put in it really shows!!

[@DoubleBourbonBaconCheeseBurger]

Epic video, epic channel. Im subscribed now! Excellent commentary and excellent video quality.

[@AdityaSingh-iz5zs]

Dear friend very very very huge thanks for starting this series. I like your narration ery much and your map presentation in very good. Covering minor points is good too. Thank you friend.

[@nateconley6432]

Amazing video plz do a series on this war

[@denniscleary7580]

Keep up the great work 👍

[@gotbaka3]

Wonderful video, as always!

[@richardglady3009]

Great video. Thank you.

[@ryangreen9847]

Another excellent video! Thanks for this! 🙂

[@HoH]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TheHypnogog]

Great presentation. I will never be as educated on history as I want to be, and the greater my reference, the more I am fascinated by it.

[@CudaForever]

Really enjoyed, reading a book on "The War of the Austrian Succession" by Reed Browning and this helped to clear up the details of the battle. Thanks much !!

[@anglowarrior7970]

Finally u made a video on the seven years war! Glad to hear your going to make all of the battles during the seven years war ❤

[@Lucas-cf5ro]

Do you mean this Video because if so this is not a video about the 7 years war but over the first prussian-austrian war over silesia

[@anglowarrior7970]

@@Lucas-cf5ro I know I'm talking about the series and the reign of Frederich the Great

[@Lucas-cf5ro]

@@anglowarrior7970 oh okay then I just misunderstood you :)

[@dericspencer5728]

Great one again, thx.

[@Hy-jg8ow]

Good video, thanks!

[@daudret2065]

I love the prussians campaigns, I will enjoy watching this series. Thank you for your work !!

[@medoghosting3429]

I really enjoy your videos

[@jameskelman9856]

AAA - Awesome As Always Thanks .

[@razanlthr9093]

Make more Frederick the great series

[@ethanpf449]

Great video as always. Will you be making this a series up to 1763?

[@HoH]

That's the plan!

[@julio5prado]

Frederick had a personal thirst for vengeance against the Austrians coming from a dubious episode during his youth when he tried to run away with a “special friend”. The escape ended up badly because of the Austrians.

[@understandingmusic6620]

You may be thinking of Saxony instead of Austria? At least what I've read is that Saxon statesman Heinrich von Brühl betrayed Friedrich's plan to escape, leading to the famous execution of Leutnant von Katte and resulting in a lifelong hatred on Friedrich's side.

[@julio5prado]

@@understandingmusic6620 you are right! I always thought it had been an Austrian agent who betrayed them !

[@ReaperCH90]

@@julio5prado as Friedrich shows as, you are allowed to mske mistakes if you learn from them ;)

[@julio5prado]

@@ReaperCH90 he was an amazing guy. It seems his biggest defect was that only needed 3-4 hours of sleep so he was driving people mad around him. He invited Voltaire to stay with him and when he returned to Paris he told his friends that he was physically and mentally exhausted as the king wanted him to join all his activities

[@gandalfthegrey2592]

@@understandingmusic6620 I know they said yes, but Austria was primarily involved in Frederick's early personal crisis. They were invested in the aftermath of his attempted escape, and they pressured his father to arrange his marriage to their preferred candidate. As opposed to Frederick's preferred candidate.

[@anthonyspotser6213]

That was a very good & accurate review/ run down of the battle, Ima new subscriber, I believe historymarche gave you guys a shoutout or kings and generals, and that’s how I came over, I just wanted to say that your channel and narrations are right up there with the best such as kings and generals, historymarche, Simon whistler so on and so on, I love all military history and warfare, but this “musket age” in my favorite time in history, just a suggestion from a fan, but you should do more videos from that time period, roughly 1500-late 1800s without diving too deep into the major conflicts & characters that are already main stream / well known to most, well all know about napoleon, and the American revolution, some people know about the 7years war/Austrian succession. As a person who has been studying/ watching history videos for years, I wanna see the lesser known yet consequential battles / wars, like I would love to learn about the battles of the Sun King, or the Dutch Spanish war, or the great northern war, I would love to learn the breakdown of some of the battles between Europe’s great powers and native peoples also during this time, the Brits, french, Dutch,etc in India, Africa, Asia, the Americas, etc I love accident warfare as well but like I said just from a humble fan’s perspective, roughly 1400-late 1800s is an area of history hardly touched on by most and it’s a shame, at least when you talk about the actual tactical & strategic breakdown of battles. I had heard the story of how the great king of Prussia was forced to flee the field and vowed never too again, but I didn’t know exactly how the battle had played out, now I do, so thank you, you guys at house of history do a good job at story telling and engaging, nice job and I can’t wait to see more of what you guys got, I’ll be watching all of your videos, not just the ones from my favorite time period. Keep it up house of history you guys will be big 💯

[@HoH]

Hey, apologies for getting to your comment a bit late. Thanks for the kind words! I am planning on covering all of Frederick's battles, interchanged with my running series on Ancient History (Jugurthine War, Mithridatic War and perhaps Caesar's civil war, although admittedly that has been done by several other channels already so perhaps not).

[@SuperCiacho0]

I have been waiting for Kunesdorf

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

As a Prussian saying goes, “A small bullet makes a small hole. A big bullet makes a big hole.”

[@meme9492]

I'm curious...I've been watching with some fascination. I like how you break it down and the animations are great. I've only seen older battles. Do you do anything from say WW2 through Vietnam?

[@HoH]

Good question. I might in the future once I finish a few series I am currently working on (Jugurtha, Mithridates, Frederick the Great and I might look into the US Civil War soon).

[@meme9492]

@@HoH I'd be curious if you did the civil war, be interesting to see your take on the Battle of Five Forks at the end of the Civil War. A few years ago, my entire group had to pick Civil War battles and do presentations on them. I did the 5 Forks battle, so I would be really curious to see your take on it if you ever did one.

[@deathofchanel8568]

When discussing why Frederick the Great fled the battle could it be possible that he simply knew he couldn't command and win the battle himself instead letting his more experienced General take the reigns? just a theory. Keep up the good work!

[@thebabylonian109]

Sounds logical and entirely possible, but difficult to prove. One of our main sources for this engagement is Frederick's own subsequent writings, in which he downplays all the previous kings, Schwerin, etc. But always remember Frederick was a very flawed character in many ways, he himself admitted as much and this battle shows some of those flaws in full display. As mentioned here his beginning positioning was entirely off, he had the stronger infantry yet knowingly put himself directly opposite the most powerful elements of the opposing force (left wing Austrian cavalry). He was always likely to be swept off the battlefield in that position, and I imagine Schwerin as well as the other veterans knew it.

[@granddukeofmecklenburg]

von Schwerin fought under Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy in some of the greatest battles of the war of spanish Succession, and in the Great Northern war fought at Gadebusch with the swedes, and worked under Charles XII till being arrested by the swede. He had already seen and fought under the best of the best before He came to the Prussian Court after catching Prussias eye when he won what seemed like a hopeless battle, leading Mecklenburgs army against the Hanoverians at Walsmühlen. Few if any Generals on the fields of Europe had von Schwerins experience by Mollwitz.

[@vatnik7979]

Terribly inadequate narration on interesting topic and well done mapping.

[@HoH]

What was lacking in your opinion?

[@brokenbridge6316]

Have you ever considered doing some video's on the Revolutionary War House of History?

[@Knight7562]

love to see total war empire good job

[@VERDIENSTORDEN]

Very well done but are you going to do the (1742) Battle of Chotusitz?

[@HoH]

Absolutely. Working on the animation as we speak!

[@jeremybregulla6670]

Good Stuff!

[@HoH]

Thanks!

[@bluenoteone]

I mentioned the Battle of Ilerda Caesar was faced with. I thought that, from what I have heard already, Caesar's genius showed itself in a very difficult situation....not as difficult however as Alesia. I'm sure your research is far more precise than what others have put forward. It seems there was more to Ilerda than meets most video makers erudition. If you are not interested say so.....You request suggestions but I'm not sure you have time to see all suggestions. I am currently reading the Landmark Series of Caesar's wars....Strassler's series is amazing with contributing editor Raaflaub. Familiar with it?

[@arslongavitabrevis5136]

I have just discovered your channel and I am glad I did it. Thirty years ago, I purchased a 12-volume set of Thomas Carlyle's complete works. I consider his "History of Frederick II of Prussia" an essential and irreplaceable source. Let's remember that a great part of the Prussian/German military archives of Potsdam were destroyed during WW2. Carlyle was the ONLY non-German historian able to make use of those priceless archives. Christopher Duffy's "The Army of Frederick the Great" is fairly good but his spiteful (and very English) anti-Prussian bias clouded his judgement. Thank you very much! Regards.

[@iron4517]

THIS IS HELLA UNDERRATED WTF

[@HoH]

Thanks! This is an older video, I hope the quality has gotten even better over the years.

[@iron4517]

@@HoH IT SURE HAS WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK THIS CHANNEL DESERVES THE RECOGNITION LIKE WHAT. VIDEOS WITH THIS LEVEL OF QUALITY AND YET LESS THAN HUNDRED THOUSAND VIEW IS WILD 💀💀💀

[@carion2116]

Bud good job but you need to talk louder or move the mic closer. I am working am with my earbuds I can barely hear you

[@grenardier1236]

That is nice how you are using Empire: Total War to show movement of units!

[@HoH]

It adds a bit more 'life' to my map animations, right? 😄

[@grenardier1236]

@@HoH Yes and that is great.

[@sandrusVI]

Hello, what program do you do animations in?

[@Frank-il3kt]

Can you do the battle of Jena and Auerstadt 1806?

[@jaxkal9596]

pog you did it

[@frederickwilliam6497]

Can anyone dig up a quote from Voltaire speaking of Mollwitz the horse. I swear I saw it once.

[@DDAWGY1]

Danke more Young Frederick!

[@danielkolev9270]

Battle of Achelous (917) please!

[@damongidney2741]

7hr seven years war video...please😀🙏

[@nicamy8988]

I haven't checked but have you done any battles with Australians?

[@watch-Dominion-2018]

9:30 - "cavlary"

[@S.P.117]

I love Federico II, please bring more of his battles, although I already know them I just want to see more ahaha Also is like the only king who was called "the great" before his death

[@dorussio]

OK, let's unpack a little. First of all, there is no mention of Anhalt-Dessau, which was the mastermind behind the creation of the prussian army during the soldier king's reign. Frederick does not take him in his first campaign for fear of him taking all the credit. He does have the common sense of taking Schwerin, though, which was a very experienced officer. But you have to wonder how disappointed Anhalt-Dessau was for not taking part in the first real action of the clockwise machinery that he has build. Because, while having one of the best armies in Europe, Frederic-Wilhelm never had the heart of using this deadly tool, for fear that his precious soldiers and his very exact budget will have to suffer. So much so, that he became a joke in Europe and no one was really afraid of him. This will actually be the first real campaign for the prussian army since the war of Spanish Succession/ Northern War (the war for polish succession is not worth mentioning). Second of all, while having a first class infantry, the prussians actually had one of the worst cavalry in Europe. This is probably due to the lack of martial tradition of the prussian nobility. Although started in the reign of Frederick-Wilhelm, the militarization of the small prussian nobility - the junkers - really sets in during the reign of Frederick the Great. The King protects the nobility's interest, while they devote themselves to the army. However, this relation is weak back in 1740. Furthermore, the austrians have one of the best light cavalry in Europe, recruited especially from their possessions in Hungary - the feared hussars. Frederick will be so impressed by their performances, that he will rebuild his cavalry corps - aided by talented officers like von Zieten - copying the austrian model. Thirdly, Schwerin makes the right call by asking the King to flee, because at that point the battle is lost. There is no masterplan to get rid of the King in order to freely maneuver the troops and gain the victory. The prussian infantry is engaged in a march, and - by 18th century rules - can't maneuver against a mobile cavalry. That is because the conversion from march formation to line of battle or - god forbids - a square is a complicated lengthy maneuver which can't be planned, ordered and executed in the time the galloping austrian cavalry needs before smashing in to the prussian undefended flank. Except this is no ordinary infantry. This is a highly professional, highly drilled unit, which executes the maneuver without any order and to perfection. the second rank turns to the right as one forming half a square and starts pouring in the unsuspected seemingly victorious cavalry. That is why this battle and the one at Kunersdorf (where the prussian army is smashed, and scattered around a large area, but the fleeing soldiers reform their units so quickly, that in a few weeks Frederick - who was contemplating suicide - has again an army) are so special - they highlight the degree of professionalism of this army. Fourthly - saying the prussian infantry fired 4 times as fast as the austrians is simply ludicrous. Contemporary to that period, probably the best drilled unit - the Coldstream Guards - fired about 5 shots a minute on the parade ground. That converts to 3 shots at most on the battlefield, where everyone is shooting at you, your hands are trembling and you can also be ordered to maneuver or fill the ranks at any time. On the other hand, I believe that even an aging parkinson afflicted Muhammad Ali could load a musket in under a minute. So probably the prussian advantage over the austrians might have been 3 shots to 2 per minute. Which is still a huge accomplishment, increasing in effect the prussian force (which already overwhelmed the austrian infantry in numbers) by 50%.

[@chasechristophermurraydola9314]

Can you do a video on the Battle of Hochkirch and this battle was part of the third Silesian war and fighting on the Prussian side in the battle was Scottish born Prussian field Marshal James Francis Edward Keith and he fought in the Jacobite rebellion of 1719, the Anglo Spanish war of 1727-1729, the war of the hats and his last war was the seven years war which the third Silesian war was a part of and he received two awards the order of Saint Andrew and the highest order of chivalry in Prussia the order of the black Eagle and I am proud to call James Francis Edward Keith my fellow Scottish brother and what I mean by that is Even though I am part Scottish I still consider anyone full or part Scottish my fellow Scottish brother

[@AdityaSingh-iz5zs]

Sir why did you removed battle of chotusitz video ?

[@HoH]

It had some quality issues and wasn't supposed to be live until this Friday. 😉

[@AdityaSingh-iz5zs]

@@HoH thank you sir. I am confident about your work sir and I hope you will repost video on battle of chotusitz and continue the series on Frederick the great.

[@jonshive5482]

Funny how an army that was "modern" in 1740 had become inadequate by the time Napoleon entered the stage. Eventually he was defeated by rivals who imitated Old Boney's corps system and other innovations. BTW what was the butcher's bill at the end? Must've been weighted heavily in Prussia's favor due to their advantage in musketry.

[@g1a18]

Greating from Mosul Continue

[@Gabryal77]

Was Frederick's the Great's father "King of Prussia" or "King in Prussia"? I've honestly forgotten, but aside from that piece of pedantry from me, this is a really good video

[@franjay5585]

He was king in prussia, frederick ii didnt become king of prussia until the first partition of poland i believe

[@mdmiloy5897]

please cover austro turkish war 1737

[@dewananda_dn]

+150 Discipline +100 Courage

[@theoutlook55]

Well done. I could do for a Different narrator, but it's ok.

[@deadnconfused7982]

*grabs some popcorn*

[@user-zl4dz6ts5j]

I want to see battle of zorndorf.

[@HoH]

Soon!

[@patricklisso4357]

Battlefield is now an industrial area :(

[@1987MartinT]

I'm guessing Frederick omitted Schwerin in his letters because he was angry with him. Frederick had left the field at his urging, probably assuming that the battle was lost, only to later hear that it had been won. He probably felt that Schwerin had made him look foolish, and possibly that Schwerin wanted the glory for himself.

[@darthrevan5200]

Yo btw. It isn"t called Brandenburg back in the day. It was western Prussia.

[@dominikfraaanjuan]

No, West Prussia was still part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Basically, after the Thirteen Years War between the Teutonic Order and Poland, the Poles won and took the Western Part of Prussia(called Royal Prussia/West Prussia). and then the Eastern Part was left as an independent, if not a rump state that'll be acquired by the elector of Brandenburg. what the Channel Author said is right historically, as the title "King in Prussia" only apply to Ducal/Eastern Prussia and their title in HRE are still "the Elector and Margrave of Brandenburg"

[@dominikfraaanjuan]

basically, Brandenburg≠Westpreußen

[@dominikfraaanjuan]

the Modern Province of Brandenburg is a reduced version of what it was, and definitely not a "Western Prussia"

[@petercroves8562]

Ivan 6th was the nephew of ANNA

[@jrt818]

The population of Silesia was it mostly German or Polish at the time?

[@Ghost-vi8qm]

German definitely and Protestant as well.

[@dragooll2023]

the west was predominantly german protestant, and the east polish catholic

[@revanofkorriban1505]

It was a mixed territory at the time. The Germans got ejected from most of Silesia because of World War II.

[@cfl_finn4831]

Schwerin really just carried Frederick

[@Nazdreg1]

This looks like a tutorial mission for a total war series campaign on easy mode played by a noob. :D

[@dietrichschluter5562]

Du hast not unprovoked the didn't realize that prussia a power, and they ignored prussia, so he hadn't a chance,

[@BaronvonBavert]

Der alte Fritz ;-)

[@DidierDidier-kc4nm]

Der alte Fritz !

[@Phaenian]

It's incredible how poor was Austrian command

[@boldcapy2597]

I like the HRE border.

[@BananasFroggy]

Gott mit Uns!

[@istvanszoke381]

All those black furniture must be a real pain to keep them clean.

[@193selvarajjagan7]

Bro your voice base is high while hearing it's like whistling after each word bro

[@Another_opinion_]

Very well scripted. Well done

[@zurgesmiecal]

additionally Prussia had some dynastical claims to Silesia

[@franjay5585]

I dont think they were substantial enough to be considered, i recall frederick ii saying callously that he didnt care what excuse he needed to march on silesia but an excuse was all he needed

[@mdmiloy5897]

Nice vidio but ottoman empire had control over algirea.

[@emosijougavule2561]

Father of great Prussia

[@bsoul3177]

mn

[@bsoul3177]

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[@jurgschupbach3059]

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