History of Friedrich II of Prussia V12 Part 2

This section surveys developments in Petersburg and Austria’s mobilization, recounts the fall of Glogau and the Battle of Mollwitz as critical tests of Friedrich’s command, and expands outward to the collapse of the Pragmatic Sanction, the outbreak of the War of the Austrian Succession, Belleisle’s intrigues, imperial election politics, and the British and Spanish conflicts, showing Europe sliding into general war while figures such as Ziethen rise into prominence, illustrating how the conflict shapes both nations and individual destinies.