The Spanish Government need to find a foreign noble to be the Spanish King.  They chose a Germen, Leopold of Hohenzolen a relative of the Prussian King but Leopold is not keen but Bismarck is and grinds down the opposition of Leopold and the Prussian King.  However such was hostile international opposition, Leopold has to withdraw.  The French Government humilate Prussia further but Bismarck sends an insulting telegram which makes the French Government to make the foolish decision to declare war on Prussia.

In this episode I look at the North Germen Confederation, which Otto von Bismarck dominated, well in did write the constitution of the new state.

In this episode, I will deal how a military mutiny to overthrow the Queen of Spain, would led to the Franco-Prussian but it is such a complex issue and I will need not just this episode and the next episode to do so.

In this episode I will deal with the outcome of the Seven Weeks.  In the first part, I will deal with the decline in relations between France and Prussia and attempts to reform the French Army.  Later I dealt with the creation of the Austro - Hungarian Empire, which gave the Hungarians a much greater role in running their half of this empire.

Following the crushing Prussian Army victory over Austria, the Prussian King wanted a peace settlement which allowed Prussia to seize land from the Austrian Empire and a victory march in Vienna  Otto von Bismarck totally disagreed and demanded a milder peace settlement which did not include any loss of Austrian land to Prussia.  As usual Bismarck won out and got his milder peace deal.

The Prussian Army of the Main defeats Austria's allies in Southern Germany. first the Bavarian Army and then the armies of the other South Germen states.  The main Prussian Armies capture Prague and march to the very gates of Vienna.  The Austrian Emperor realises that the war is lost and asks for peace terms.  However the Prussian Army loses over 6,000 killed due to an outbreak of disease within their camps. 

In this episode, I will deal with the fighting between the Italian and Austrian armies in North East Italy.  The simple involvement of the Italian Army in the Seven Weeks War, would divert Austrian troops from being committed to fight against the Prussian Army in Bohemia.  While the Austrian Army would beat the Italian Army in the first major of the war, in the end Italian troops would occupy North East Italy.

The Battle is seen as the decisive battle of the Seven Weeks War, it was indeed a major Prussian victory over the Austrian and Saxony Armies.  However the Austrian Army had already been weaken by losses in the earlier battle and the Austrian Army commander now believed even before the battle that his army would be defeated and had asked the Austrian Emperor to make peace.

The Prussian Second Army commanded by the Crown Prince, advances into Bohemia, in a series of battles they defeat three Austrian Corps.  The Austrian North Army falls back and its commander fears that he faces defeat unless peace can be reached but the Austrian Emperor disagrees and insists that it faces another battle but four of its eight Corps have already suffered heavy losses.

In this episode, I well tell of the advance of the Prussian First Army and the Army of the Elbe into Bohemia, they would fight and defeat the Austrian First Corp and the Saxon Corp.  The fighting would prove the power of the Prussian Needle Rifles over the Austrian Smoothbore muskets as the two Prussian Armies advanced into Bohemia.

At the start of the seven weeks war, the Prussian Army invades Hanover.  The Hanoverian Army marched south to join up with Austria's South Germen allies but the Hanoverian Army is trapped by Prussian but not before it inflicts a defeat upon a Prussian Landwehr Brigade.  The Prussian Army also invades the Kingdom of Saxony, the Saxon Army march south to join up with the Austrian North Army.