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In the early summer season of 1866 half of a million men from Prussia and the Austrian Empire fought the largest battle in Western record prior to 1914 in the moving hills of eastern Bohemia. The results of the struggle determined that Prussia rather than Austria would be paramount in the German world going forward. The Prussian win at the Struggle of Königgrätz has usually been ascribed to their ownership of a breech-loading rifle and use of railways. This e book shows that it had not been technology but maneuver and traditional generalship that resulted in the Prussian win. The Seven Weeks' Battle was Europe's first modern, technological warfare but has generally been consigned to the dustbin of record as both countries that fought it no longer exist. This is the story of Königgrätz. One long summer season day that modified the course of record for the Germans.