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In the rolling hills of Silesia, two great armies clashed in a battle that would determine the fate of a continent. The year was 1762, and the Seven Years' War had raged on for far too long. On one side stood the proud Prussian army, led by Frederick the Great, while on the other, the Austrian forces were commanded by Field Marshal Leopold von Daun. Burkersdorf would be Frederick the Great's final battle fought during the war.
The Battle of Burkersdorf was a turning point in the Seven Years' War, a moment of reckoning for two great powers locked in a struggle for supremacy. Its significance lay not just in the outcome, but in the very fact that it was fought at all.
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2:55 Nautil.us
3:55 Russia's new Czar
10:07 The Battle of Burkersdorf
20:43 Towards Freiberg
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📚 Sources:
Asprey, Robert B. Frederick the Great: The magnificent enigma. Ticknor & Fields, 1986.
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.
Redman, Herbert J. Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' War, 1756-1763. McFarland, 2014.
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