Austro-Prussian War (1866)
The Austro-Prussian War or Seven Weeks' War (also known as the Unification War, the War of 1866, the Fraternal War, in Germany as the German War, and also by a variety of other names) was a war fought in 1866 between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, with each also being aided by various allies within the German Confederation. Prussia had also allied with the Kingdom of Italy, linking this conflict to the Third Independence War of Italian unification. The Austro-Prussian War was part of the wider rivalry between Austria and Prussia, and resulted in Prussian dominance over the German states.
The major result of the war was a shift in power among the German states away from Austrian and towards Prussian hegemony, and impetus towards the unification of all of the northern German states in a Kleindeutsches Reich that excluded the German Austria. It saw the abolition of the German Confederation and its partial replacement by a North German Confederation that excluded Austria and the other South German states. The war also resulted in the Italian annexation of the Austrian province of Venetia.
A Bibliography of the Seven Weeks' War of 1866
128 pages
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A Reply to the Prussian Campaign of 1866 a Tactical Retrospect
68 pages 1 map
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From Ironclads to Dreadnoughts
The Development of the German Battleship, 1864-1918
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #35
504 pages 432 b/w photos, 281 b/w illustrations, 2 maps, 30 tables
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Military Music in the Campaign of 1866
64 pages many b&w ills
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Moltke and His Generals
A Study in Leadership
304 pages 20 b/w ills 7 maps
£14.99
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The Armies of 1866 Volume 1
Organisation, Armament and Flags
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914
260 pages 60 b/w photos, 11 colour photos/illustrations, 3 colour maps, 14 diagrams, 21 tables
Not yet published - in Autumn 2026 list
The Battle of Lissa 1866
How the Industrial Revolution Changed the Face of Naval Warfare
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #18
256 pages 2 b/w ills, 19 b/w photos, 11 colour maps
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The Bavarian Army 1866
24 pages
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The Contribution of the Royal Bavarian Army to the War of 1866
136 pages
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The German War of 1866
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #15
478 pages 96 b/w illustrations, maps and sketches
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The Organization of the German State Forces in 1866
128 pages
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The Prussian Artillery in the Campaign of 1866
36 pages 6 maps
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The Prussian Campaign of 1866 a Tactical Retrospect
72 pages 6 b&w ills
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The Road to Koeniggraetz
Helmuth von Moltke and the Austro-Prussian War 1866
552 pages c 100 ills & maps
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The Studnitz Wars
The Wartime Journals of a Prussian Cavalry General 1849-71
114 pages 5 b/w ills
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Too Little Too Late
The Campaign in West and South Germany June-July 1866
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #32
278 pages 45 b/w ills, 16 colour ills, 19 colour maps
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With Tegetthoff at Lissa
The Memoirs of an Austrian Naval Officer 1861-66
96 pages
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