seven weeks' war

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Definition of seven weeks' war in English English dictionary

or Austro-Prussian War (June-August 1866) Conflict between Prussia on one side and Austria, Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover, and minor German states on the other. A contrived dispute by Prussia's Otto von Bismarck over the Schleswig-Holstein Question resulted in the June 1866 Prussian attack on Austrian forces in Bohemia. The Prussian army, modernized and reorganized by Albrecht Theodor Emil, count von Roon, and Helmuth von Moltke, decisively defeated Austria at the Battle of Königgrätz and elsewhere. By August the war was formally concluded by the Treaty of Prague, which assigned Schleswig-Holstein and other territories to Prussia. The effect of the war was to exclude Austria from Germany

Hyphenation

sev·en weeks' war

Turkish pronunciation

sevın wiks wôr

Pronunciation

/ˈsevən ˈwēks ˈwôr/ /ˈsɛvən ˈwiːks ˈwɔːr/