The War Aims of the Great Powers in the Seven Years' War

Between 1756-1763 the Great Powers of Europe engaged in a struggle for the future of the world order.
This video aims to be a short documentary on the specific war aims of the great powers.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:33 Britain
7:59 France
11:37 Spain
13:53 Austria
16:30 Prussia
18:07 Russia
#Prussia, #BritishEmpire, #History

[@streamlinedengine]

Back in the times when Spain was a global great power on par with Britain and France, and Prussia's only goal was "I don't want to die", which rests almost entirely upon holding on to a tiny strip of land. And to think this was barely 50 years before Napoleon, where Spain was reduced to irrelevance and Prussia would be firmly on the road to fully dominating Germany.

[@chingizzhylkybayev8575]

Well that's the thing about Napoleonjc wars - they were completely pivotal.

[@napoleonbuonaparte8975]

He also caused the creation of a couple of kingdoms, the start of the German and Italian unification, the disintegration of the HRE between others. But yeah, if the XIX European history was a tale, I'll for sure say the author hated Spain a lot.

[@CantusTropus]

It's only 30 years ago that the Soviet Union was around. 75 years before that the Tsar was around. Politics can change very quickly.

[@chingizzhylkybayev8575]

@@CantusTropus the Tsar wasn't around 75 years ago lol

[@SlySkydiver]

@@chingizzhylkybayev8575 You misunderstand what he said. He said 75 years before the collapse of the Soviet Union the Tsar was around. That would be 1916. The Tsar was 100% around then.

[@jgr7487]

•France, Britain & Spain: THE WORLD! •Fance, Austria & Russia: Europe! •Prussia: "I just don't wanna die"

[@vitorsousa8172]

Portugal and Dutch: “just wake me up when is over.”

[@py8554]

So France’s aim is the world and Fance’s aim is Europe? Now you’re saying something I didn’t know…

[@akmyths2391]

Prussia: My time will come in another hundred years, then they will all be at my mercy…

[@jgr7487]

@@py8554 ruling the world (colonial) & ruling Europe (hegemony) were different things in their mind back then.

[@jgr7487]

@@vitorsousa8172 Portugal did fight Spain to keep its American colony, but it was more of a "either I'm keeping the status quo, or I'm gaining territory" type of war. almost skirmishes.

[@OldBritannia]

I hope you enjoy this short video on the Seven Years War. Apologies for taking so long with it, I again have quite a lot going on at the minute. Consequently the last half of the video is a bit rushed if I am being perfectly honest, but I wanted to get it published sooner rather than later. Both because of the already long wait, and for the fact I start to slightly lose my sanity when I've worked on a project for more than a month. Hopefully it is still enjoyable even if it is not quite as in depth as I may usually go with some nations. I should also note I've largely avoided India. It's almost a separate conflict, and trying to fit the theatre into this video would just have been too much. I'll save Clive's story for a separate video. Thank you for watching. Edit: I've also noticed I stupidly re used a previous asset of Frederick, after he had begun styling himself King 'of' Prussia rather than 'In'. Apologies for that,

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[@Liberater4589]

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[@paulceglinski7172]

No worries then. I like your idea of "short" I'm not sure but they would call that classic British understatement on this side of the pond. Very interesting subject. Cheers from Tennessee

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[@stefanwilhelm6046]

... and if France had the possibility to secure its ambitions in North America and remains victorious against the british... ... who would trigger the Boston Tea Party than? I guess it's save to say, that the outcome of this "First World War" had a great impact to all of its participants and thier future!

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Thank you, very glad you enjoy them.

[@frederickthegreatpodcast382]

I love this time period! Frederick the Great is such an interesting character!

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Haha, i very much doubt that, but thank you. Yes I’ll try and get round to a patreon at some point, I’ve been a bit reluctant as I’m still very much figuring things out as I go along with the channel. Thank you, for offering though, it means a lot.

[@LoGStein]

19:10 Small correction. All though this event is often called the miracle of the house of Brandenburg, he himself did not use that phrase in this context. The phrase originated from a letter Frederick wrote to his brother after the disastrous battle of Kunersdorf which could have ended the war had Russia and Austria decided to march on Berlin. Instead they did not make use of their great victory and that fact is what Frederick called the miracle of the house of Brandenburg.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

They overstretched their supply lines I think.

[@LoGStein]

@@johnnotrealname8168 They were certainly concerned about their supply, but they could've still made it to Berlin and end the war. Even if this would've cost them some men to desertion and starvation (which it probably wouldn't have, because the path to Berlin was wide open and so they would've arrived rather quickly and could've moved back much of their army soon after), it would have been absolutely worth it. It was only through extreme luck and severe misjudgement on the Austrian's and Russian's part that Prussia was able to win this war. By all objective means, Prussia should have lost.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@@LoGStein I highly doubt this. Russian supply lines were not great. Neither was Austrian lines.

[@LoGStein]

@@johnnotrealname8168 Yes, that is true. But look where Kunersdorf is on the map. It's only a two day march to Berlin and Berlin isn't even any further from Austrian territory than Kunersdorf. They could've just taken Berlin in two days, there was literally nothing that could've stopped them. Frederick had nothing left. Humans can do two days without food. And ammunition at that point would not have mattered anymore. Frederick was ready to commit suicide and had already given orders who would take command once he would be dead, that's how serious the situation was.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@LoGStein "Humans can do two days without food." Bruh! You are insane, they would be marching there as well.

[@napoleonbuonaparte8975]

Something that you have not mentioned in the Spanish war aims was the failed Anglo-Portuguese invasion of the viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata in 1763. After the failure of the invasion, the governor of Rio de la Plata began the invasion of the portuguese Sacramento colony and Rio Grande, however he had to stop due to to the signing of the Treaty of Paris.

[@SharkJ002]

People say South America is boring because nothing ever happened there but the truth is we just totally ignore all the things that did happen over there... Its history is really nice

[@RidleyScottOwnsFailedDictators]

And Spain eventually captured Sacramento colony from the Portuguese a decade later. You did not mention that part. You seem to be jealous of Spain. I don't care one way or the other, but you try to minimize and hide their victories, like Spain defeating Napoleon, being the main reason for his downfall and capturing Sacramento. Jealous much of Spain, does Spain know this? I get it, mediocre people from mediocre lands who were not supposed to accomplish so much in their history with monumental discoveries and breakthrough achievements of the first global empire. Yet they certainly accomplished enough to fill your jealousy evident in your attempt to minimize and discredit.

[@napoleonbuonaparte8975]

@@RidleyScottOwnsFailedDictators Tu si que eres especial. La razón por la que comenté fue porque me pareció corta la descripción que hizo de España, y sobre lo de que capturaron Sacramento, literalmente es lo que dije, invadieron pero tuvieron que devolver los territorios. La colonia la obtendrían mediante otro tratado posterior a la guerra.

[@RidleyScottOwnsFailedDictators]

@@napoleonbuonaparte8975 You lost with the most pathetic of military results, so stop pretending that you won when you lost so miserably with Napoleon. Even mediocre Spain beat you, loser.

[@RidleyScottOwnsFailedDictators]

@@napoleonbuonaparte8975 Oh so that had nothing to do with Spain capturing Sacramento, a decade later. But Napoleon united Italy and Germany somehow 50 years after he died? Somehow Napoleon beyond the grave unified Italy and Germany, right....

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[@astrolonim2032]

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Great video, I really like these. I hope you can make some videos on the war itself, it was probably the most decisive war in British history

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Great Britain and France: "We fight for colonies and the New World!" Austria: "I fight for Catholic supremacy!" Prussia: "I'm fighting for my fucking life."

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Suggestions for the next episode of this series..The war aims of every country in the Thirty Years War! That'll be interesting video,i didn't know much about the conflict

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[@itztsgxx1]

A compelling illustrative overview of the Seven Years' War. Considering your visually engaging approach, it'd be great to see a more extensive analysis in the future. Have you encountered 'The Global Seven Years War' by Daniel Baugh? Quite a comprehensive text on the conflict. I'd recommend it as a source if you haven't referred to it already. Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to more videos!

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Can you do one on the spanish war of succession next? I've always wondered what the intended maps would've looked like under various nation's vision

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[@Saberlena]

Too many focus on the battles and not enough on the war aims and internal politics that drive them. I enjoy that aspect of this channel. Too few examine it even though it's more important to understand why a war was fought than how it was won.

[@alansmithee8831]

A remarkable video on the political motivations behind 7YW. The whole century before the Napoleonic era is easily dismissed as monarchs playing at soldiers, but this showed briefly there was much more politics going on than you might imagine from this simplistic version of events. A global economy in the making with the most modern powers fighting for the biggest share. Plus ca change. P.S. I hope you get to 50k subscribers soon. I do not subscribe to many channels, but three others just got there. I keep recommending this one in comments elsewhere. 📈

[@OldBritannia]

Thank you, very glad you’re enjoying the videos.

[@Saleh-994]

as always: extensive research and excellent writing, thank you kindly. I'm surprised you decided to make this video before making one on the diplomatic revolution, are there any plans for such a video?

[@OldBritannia]

Yes I will absolutely be covering it. Haha you should have known by now that my videos come out in an order with little rhyme or reason.

[@Saleh-994]

@@OldBritannia indeed, I'll be anxiously waiting.

[@MobiusCoin]

In my opinion, you have to do the prequel war. This conflict is completely incomprehensible without the context of the War of the Austrian Succession. It sets the stage for the European theatre. While the Holy Roman Empire was in decline far before this conflict, that conflict does shed some light as to why the middle of Europe is just Prussia and Austria. I mean how many times did you have to reference the War of Jenkin's Ear, the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, Kaunitz, the Silesian conquest.

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Where did your other videos go? The Rise of the British Empire, there were 3 videos on the topic, unless I've gone crazy & made em up.

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Just photoshop. Learnt using Dr Ludwig’s tutorial here on YT. From there it’s just finding a style you like from examples online.

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Did some of your videos get deleted?

[@micupedro]

In the ensuing war, Spain forcibly recaptured Florida, the island of Menorca, the Bahamas, and was preparing to invade Jamaica when Britain capitulated behind Yorktown. At one o'clock in the morning on August 9, 1780, the Spanish squadron sailing in formation of three columns, one of the open frigates sighted a large number of sails on the horizon north of the Madeiras at latitude 35°50' and longitude of 12°52', and notifies the main body of the fleet of its discovery, unloading a series of cannon shots. However, the distance with the rest of the squadron is enormous and from the sterncastle of the Santísima Trinidad, although the signal is seen to windward, it cannot specify the number of shots, their meaning and with it neither the quantity nor the entity of the sighting. However, Córdova, sure that the commanding officer will repeat the announcement in compliance with the regulations, waits with his officers for the new round of cannon fire. After a few minutes, at a quarter past one, the frigate repeated the signal and now with all the officers waiting, the shots could be counted and it could be perceived that it meant "sight of vessels that did not belong to the squadron" and the Major, José de Mazarredo, proceeds to time the time that elapses from the first flash to the first sound signal. There could be no doubt that it was some object of consideration, since for one, two or three sails, the frigate or ship that made the signal would not upset the squadron in that way. At the same time cannon shots were heard in number and order that did not form a sign of the Spanish. However, the information provided by the frigate casts some doubts on whether they actually found the English Channel squadron commanded by Admiral Geary or the more heavily escorted convoy than expected. The general opinion was that it could be Admiral Geary and that it was not convenient to enter into an effort in the dark, without knowledge of his forces and with the notable disadvantage in the way of the Spanish ships since the hulls of the Spanish ships were not lined with copper as Englishmen. Mazarredo expressed to the General his opinion that Admiral Geary could not go down to these latitudes unless he had the intention of looking for the Franco-Spanish squadron, which in this case could not be assumed in that place, 100 leagues from Cape San Vicente, that consequently he in no way believed the English admiral there and that even if he were, if the enemies were superior, combat was already inevitable. On the contrary, he believed that with enemy sails, few or many, they were headed for the island of Madeira, that according to the duration of 63 seconds between the flashes and the noise of the cannon shots, the ships must be about 4 leagues away (1 league = 2.7 miles = 5.5 km) and that if we continued on the same eastern tack, they would dawn far behind the Spanish fleet, making it impossible to catch up with them, while tacking and taking the west tack, with little The wind was from the NNE as it was, if they traveled a couple of leagues until daylight and two or three that the convoy made in its route, dawn would be precisely within sight, for which it was necessary to turn without loss of time. The general agreed to what was proposed and the squadron was immediately turned around so that the rendezvous with the convoy would take place at dawn. To his deep mastery of navigation, Don Luis added cunning, and he prepared a trap for the English. He orders to put a lighted lantern on top of the foremast of the Santísima Trinidad's foremast. The ruse works and the British ships, believing that it is a signal from their own commander, spend the whole night sailing straight into the lion's den, and indeed at 4:15 in the morning with the first light of dawn. One began to count, and then many boats, all united and heading towards the Spanish squadron. At dawn on the 9th, in sight of the convoy and when the English realized that the ships in front were Spanish, they turned immediately and began to rout. Too late, the Spanish dedicated themselves to "general hunting" and marinating the prey that was being made between escorts and merchantmen. Córdova lined up 13 ships in the vanguard, with Trinidad occupying 6th place, and blew the immediate pursuit signal, while 10 ships, half a dozen of which flew the French flag under Admiral Bausset, began7 the hunt for the convoy. English whose capture lasted until well into the night. In the disorderly pursuit, the Spanish ships were selecting and capturing prey according to their own criteria. Once reached, the merchantmen surrendered with hardly any opposition since, although all of them were armed, they could do little against the powerful ships of the line, so that at 5 in the morning with 16 ships of the squadron they had achieved to lock up up to 36 boats, which were surrendered and marinated and although a drizzle came that left a very short horizon to see the fleeing boats, the hunt against them continued. Luis de Córdova y Córdova, general director of the Spanish Navy and supreme command of the combined squadron. More than 50 merchant ships carrying goods worth two million pounds were reduced in an audacious encircling maneuver by the Spanish fleet. Deployed in an oblique arc from the coast, 8 frigates began to hammer the rigging of the Indiamen, who ended up dispersed and ungovernable. As soon as Captain John Moutray -who aboard the Raimilles and together with the frigates Tethis and Southsamtom was sailing to the rear and windward of the convoy- realized the number of enemy ships and heard the cannons of the Santísima Trinidad, he began a quick flight immediately tightening the wind to get away from the Spanish squadron. All the English vessels tried the same. Mr Bausset in command of the light shield along with other ships including the Purísima Concepción of the Spanish admiral Miguel Gastón, who was in the vanguard of the Spanish squad, tried to hunt them down with the greatest effort but, although everything was released the rag of the Spanish ships, their reach could not be achieved due to the windwardness they already had and their excessive advantage in walking, in which circumstances these Chiefs took the right decision to charge the merchantmen fleeing towards the S.W. and managed to intercept them. Near Cape Santa María, Santiago Liniers, commanding a flotilla of 3 gunboats attached to the Concepción, opened fire on the English frigate Helbrech, the most advanced and which was trying to join the Ramillies. The gunboats disabled her with an accurate and continuous fire, leaving her adrift. Liniers personally captured her from his own, while the other two managed to also stop the advance of the Royal George, which was captured at the moment. The cannon fire from Trinidad demolished the hulls of Monstraut and Geoffrey, also made up of 28 pieces that were trying to flee. The English frigate Gaton was about to be lost due to a fire that broke out in the sail and that spread rapidly, after being riddled with bullets from the Concepción. When the prize crew arrived, the entire deck was strewn with rubble, including the remains of the foremast. Even so, she was able to save herself and after being repaired she was incorporated into the Spanish navy under the name of Columbus. With them and with those detained by the rest of the squadron, 51 prizes remained marinated at nightfall without having escaped more than to the East a very sailboat brig, and some 6 or 7 boats that the Chief Mr. Bausset saw far to windward , when he gave chase to the 3 warships. However, the day had not ended and to the aforementioned 51 three more were added, pursued and captured by the frigate Nereide and other ships that were bringing up the rear, such as the 36-gun frigate Hércules incorporated into the passage of the convoy to Cádiz with its load, masts, rigging and other spare parts for ships bound for Jamaica; the 14-gun frigate Carlota which entered port with the frigate Nereide and which carried the wife and children of General John Dalling, Governor of Jamaica, and the frigate Royal Carlota. Once the inspection of the seized ships began, the allies understood the importance of the blow dealt to the Kingdom of Great Britain, since not only 52 ships had been captured (3 more transports would be captured in later days),[4] but also 80,000 muskets , 3,000 barrels of gunpowder, a large quantity of provisions and naval effects intended to keep the British fleets in America and the Indian Ocean operational, clothing and equipment for twelve regiments of infantry, and the enormous sum of 1,000,000 pounds sterling in bullion and gold coins (all captured ships and goods were valued at about £600,000). In addition, about 3,000 prisoners were taken, of which about 1,400 were officers and infantrymen who went overseas as reinforcements. THAT IS NOT MADE BY A PAPER TIGER.

[@fondertunn]

Thank You for the video! Let me add some points, if You are O.k with that! From Russian point of view it was the war for restoration of former balance of powers which Prussia unbalanced when obtained rich Silesia province. And also there were obligations toward allies - Saxony (which occupation was Friedriсh first action) and Austria. When Elisabeth died and her nephew Peter III started his reign he resigned Russia from the war to relocate forces for conquering territories of Schleswig from Denmark. He considered he is to retake Schleswig as it was his duty in honor of his father (Karl Friedrich, Herzog zu Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp) whose lands were taken by Denmark after Great Nothern war. From present day perspective such decision (which related to peace with Prussia, stating in this way so many soldiers died for nothing) is an absolutely queer issue. But it was normal in the time when absolute monarсhs consider the country they govern as personal realm and consider all population within their realm just as civil and military servants, whose life and death are at monarch's will (like gamers consider the state they play for in RTS!). Just for XVIII century such point of view was already out-of-date, which resulted in coupe and death of Peter III in 1762, just several months after peace with Prussia.

[@alanpennie]

It was a remarkably achievement for MT and Kauniiz to enlist both France and Russia for their war of revenge.

[@thearisenwolf2777]

We love this channel! Make a patreon so we can support you further! In all honesty to me this is an art, which I would love to be a patron of.

[@OldBritannia]

Thank you, that means an awful lot you’d be prepared to donate. I’m looking at setting one up, will get there eventually.

[@jojo6970]

What logiciel are you using to make such clean border ? Only photoshop ??

[@OldBritannia]

Yes just photoshop with an inner glow effect.

[@108nighthawk]

What is the name of the background music at the start of the video?

[@OldBritannia]

‘ As History unfolds’ I think. From epidemic sound.

[@blava3155]

Please please consider adding subtitles to your future videos ❤

[@jacaliber]

Here from the United States. I am looking forward to seeing a vid on the War of Jenkins Ear or War of Austrian Succession preceding this conflict.

[@forthrightgambitia1032]

Was the Cross of Burgundy used by Spain as a flag at this period of history? My understanding was that the standard flag at this time was a white background with a central royal coat of arms of the Bourbon dynasty, an obvious designed to be parallel to the Royal Standard of France that had a similar design with aureate fleur-de-lis. The Cross of Burgundy was still used as a part of the coat of arms when displayed separately (albeit heavily overlaid with crowns etc. as a clear statement of the Bourbons' authority), but in the main flag flown as a naval ensign and so on it was not used. As I understood the Cross of Burgundy in its plain form was more associated with the Habsburg monarchs (given their relation to the Low Countries and the old Burgundian duchy) and the later Carlists who sought to revive the traditional regional structures associated with the Habsburgs in opposition to the absolutist and centralising enlightened monarchs of the 18th century Bourbon period.

[@Albukhshi]

@ 1:40 And the admiral who led the expedition that attempted to relieve the island was shot on his own quarterdeck...

[@Spacemongerr]

What is this accent? Welsh? Curious intonation! Greetings from across the eastern sea

[@joaoascencao575]

It's crazy how narrow our perspective of history is considering that, by many standards, this was a World War

[@bcvetkov8534]

I think had Peter III tried to secure part of East Prussia. The coup against him by his wife Catherine probably wouldn't have succeeded as quickly as it did. There had to be something Russia could've gained from the war itself.

[@jakerupp3840]

Could you please do the war of bavarian secession

[@bulletflight]

You should start a Patreon or something.

[@lynxlynx4149]

Why are Choiseuls eyes Painted like that?

[@ropiakpawel]

Another error at 18:30. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth has never had any bulge in the middle of its southern border as you depict it. Where did you get it from?

[@ropiakpawel]

Why isn't Prince-Bishopric of Warmia colored purple as part of the PLC at 18:39? It literally was part of the Kingdom of Poland.

[@OldBritannia]

It’s unfortunately just a minor mistake, the product of dealing with numerous different border changes. I understand it is presumably your country, but you are going to have to allow for some margin of error when watching history videos dealing with the eighteenth century, at least where maps are concerned.

[@joshwebb5016]

Damn. This guy only posts when I’m hammered 😂😂

[@OldBritannia]

Only way I’m ever able to re watch my old videos, so no bad thing 😂.

[@fondertunn]

Comment is not exactly for this video: please kindly add Crete island near Greece into Mediterranean on the map You use. There are Balearis Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Ionian islands, Rhodes, Cyprus - but no Crete! Thank You!

[@m00rtin4]

Imo 7 years war is the cornerstone what lays out a chain of effect that leads us to modern day. Yes u connect it further back to its enternity.....like what history is overall. History is a puzzle where u can fit peices togheter to make something complete. But for modern day, 7 years war was the start point imo.

[@Rowlph8888]

Yes, it explains 80% of the borders of countries in the world today, and about 60% of the names which Most of which were drawn and decided by British and French diplomats and generals in the following centuries, especially after the First World War. *the 2 dominant political, Legal and economic systems around the world are also the Anglo and Franco systems, ultimately all of these were adapted from The Prototypes, which were the Magna Carta(1215), the English Bill of Rights (1689)and Parliamentary democracy (1707)

[@TK-1103]

best thing for a hangover

[@EduardQualls]

*The start of the North American phase of the war, **_The French and Indian War,_** is generally considered to have been the Battle of Jumonville Glen, in the Ohio territory, May 28, 1754. One striking thing about this is that the commander of the British forces in that battle was none other than 21-year-old, Virginia-militia Major George Washington, who, some may remember, had a hand, 27 years later, in inflicting defeat on Britain at Yorktown, in 1781. Britain's defeat of her enemies after that point could be said to have finally ended this, **_The Seven Years' War._*

[@RSmyII]

Wake up, babe, Old Britannia just dropped a new video

[@ricardocontreras94]

bro do the polish partitions

[@italianmapperchris3168]

I was curious on what the Swedish war aims were