Austro-Prussian War
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In 1866 Austria and Prussia fought the Austro-Prussian War or Seven Weeks War. Overtly fought over control of Schleswig-Holstein, the war brought to a head the rivalry between Otto von Bismarck's vision of a Prussian-dominated Kleindeutschland and the Austrian alternative of a pan-Germanic Grossdeutschland. Prussian �lan and organisation quickly crushed Austria, leaving Bismarck's state dominant in Central Europe.
The war was decided in the [[Battle of K�niggratz]] on July 3 and paved the way for the Prussia-led German Empire of 1871.
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- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Austro-Prussian_War" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austro-Prussian_War, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
