Austro-Prussian War

Austro-Prussian War
	Part of the wars of German unification and the Austria–Prussia rivalry
	; Battle of Königgrätz, by Georg Bleibtreu. Oil on canvas, 1869
Date	14 June – 22 July 1866; (1 month and 8 days)
Location	Bohemia, present-day Germany, Italy, and Adriatic Sea
Result	Prussian-led German states and Italian victory Dissolution of the German Confederation; Formation of the North German Confederation; Exclusion of Austria and Liechtenstein from unified Germany; Formation of Austria-Hungary;
Territorial; changes	Prussia annexes Hanover, Holstein, Schleswig, Hesse-Kassel, Nassau, Frankfurt and fringe possessions of Bavaria and Hesse-Darmstadt; Italy completely annexes Venetia and part of Friuli;
Belligerents
Prussian-led German states Prussia Saxe-Lauenburg; ; Mecklenburg-Schwerin; Brunswick; Saxe-Coburg & Gotha; Saxe-Altenburg; Mecklenburg-Strelitz; Oldenburg; Anhalt; Schwarzburg; Waldeck; Lippe; Lübeck; Bremen; Hamburg; Italy	Austrian-led German Confederation states Austria; Bavaria; Saxony; Hanover; Württemberg; Hesse-Kassel; Baden; Hesse-Darmstadt; Nassau; Saxe-Meiningen; Reuss-Greiz; Schaumburg-Lippe; Frankfurt; Liechtenstein;
Commanders and leaders
Wilhelm I; Otto von Bismarck; Helmuth von Moltke; Albrecht von Roon; Victor Emmanuel II; Alfonso La Marmora; Giuseppe Garibaldi;	Franz Joseph I; Albrecht von Teschen; Ludwig von Benedek; Wilhelm von Tegetthoff; Ludwig II; Prince Karl Theodor; Crown Prince Albert;
Strength
637,262 Prussia 437,262; Italy 200,000;	522,203 Austria 407,223; Bavaria 38,000; Saxony 26,500; Hesse 20,000; Hanover 18,400; Württemberg 7,000; Baden 5,000; Liechtenstein 80;
Casualties and losses
Total: 39,990 Prussia: 28,793 4,454 battle deaths; 6,427 disease deaths; 16,217 wounded; 785 missing; 910 captured; ; Italy: 11,197 1,633 battle deaths; 3,926 wounded; 553 missing; 5,085 captured; ;	Total: 132,414 Austria: 106,796 9,123 battle deaths; 18,952 disease deaths; 35,236 wounded; 12,365 missing; 31,120 captured; ; Hanover: 17,693 379 battle deaths; 1,051 wounded; 16,263 captured or missing; ; Bavaria: 3,840 348 battle deaths; 2,095 wounded; 1,397 captured or missing; ; Saxony: 2,094 241 battle deaths; 1,273 wounded; 580 captured or missing; ; Hesse: 1,078 88 battle deaths; 444 wounded; 546 captured or missing; ; Württemberg: 717 67 battle deaths; 452 wounded; 198 captured or missing; ; Baden: 196 24 battle deaths; 115 wounded; 57 captured or missing; ;

The Austro-Prussian War (also known by many other names like the Seven Weeks' War, German Civil War, Brothers War or Fraternal War, known in Germany as Deutscher Krieg ("German War"), Deutscher Bruderkrieg (pronounced [ˌdɔʏtʃɐ ˈbʁuːdɐkʁiːk] (listen); "German war of brothers")) was a war fought in 1866 between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. Each side was helped by many allies in the German Confederation. Prussia was also allied with the Kingdom of Italy, which connected the conflict to the Third War of Independence of Italian unification.

The Austro-Prussian War was part of the rivalry between Austria and Prussia and with Prussian control over the German states.

The most important result was a change in power over the German states from Austrian to Prussian hegemony. The German Confederation was ended and replaced by the North German Confederation. Italy also took the Austrian province of Venetia after the war.

The war started when Prussian troops invaded Schleswig-Holstein. The region had been disputed between Prussia and Austria ever since both had taken it from Denmark. Prussia then invaded the Kingdom of Hanover, the Kingdom of Saxony, and the Electorate of Hesse on 15 June. Italy declared war on Austria on 20 June.

References

↑ Clodfelter 2017, p. 182.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Clodfelter 2017, p. 183.
↑ Clodfelter 2017, pp. 183–184.

[FOOTNOTEClodfelter2017182-1] Clodfelter 2017, p. 182.

[FOOTNOTEClodfelter2017183-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Clodfelter 2017, p. 183.

[FOOTNOTEClodfelter2017183–184-3] Clodfelter 2017, pp. 183–184.

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