Remembering one of the greatest "last stands" in history.

[diopter]

Remembering one of the greatest "last stands" in history.

Now I've done it. Gave myself a hanking for Punjabi curry for lunch.

 

[zeegler]

The History Guy is great. I've watched a ton of his videos but not that one yet.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Nowadays the Brits would have been guilty of war crimes.

Grizz

 

[Sharps '74]

Yep, and that's how Empires are built.

 

[sail32]

150 years on – The Battle of Königgrätz, 3 July 1866

https://historicmusingsblog.wordpre...ears-on-the-battle-of-koniggratz-3-july-1866/

" The Battery of the Dead ” The Battle of Königgrätz

https://battlefieldanomalies.com/the-battle-of-koniggratz-2/19battery_of_the_dead/

This allowed the Austrian Army to retreat and survive.

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMKN86_The_Battery_of_The_Dead_Chlum_Czech_Republic

 

[MiG25]

150 years on – The Battle of Königgrätz, 3 July 1866

https://historicmusingsblog.wordpre...ears-on-the-battle-of-koniggratz-3-july-1866/

" The Battery of the Dead ” The Battle of Königgrätz

https://battlefieldanomalies.com/the-battle-of-koniggratz-2/19battery_of_the_dead/

This allowed the Austrian Army to retreat and survive.

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMKN86_The_Battery_of_The_Dead_Chlum_Czech_Republic

One of the largest and most decisive battles of the 19th Century. After being humiliated in 1850, Prussia defeated 2 Great Powers in the span of 5 years.

The peace treaty between Prussia and Austria may have been the most generous to the defeated power in history.