Europe's The Great War For Empire

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War, were very similar to
those just eight years previously. King Frederick invaded another province,
Saxony, and this triggered another alliance between Austria and France with
the goal to totally destroy Prussia. There was also a growing conflict
facing France and Great Britain that would continue to increase in
momentum. This war was the prelude to what American would call "The French
and Indian War" in which these two European countries would fight for land
in the Americas.

The events of the War of Austrian Succession, fortuitously for France,
worked out exactly as Great Britain planned it. The French resources of
war were divided between the Americas and the fight against Prussia. The
eight year war was a fight between the superior army and resources of Great
Britain and the strategic mastery of French generals, like Marshal Maurice
de Saxe, who led many successful battles. The war eventually ended in a
stalemate, with Austria not regaining Silesia, but it definitely ...

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