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WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION

Source:   Prussian infantry advance during the Battle of Hohenfriedburg, 4 June 1745. The War of the Austrian Succession cemented the military reputation of Frederick the Great  

The War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48) was a series of related wars, two of which directly developed from the death of the Austrian Holy Roman Emperor Charles

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