raharris1973
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Could there have been a chance of a big, 7 Years War scope, pan-European coalition war, kicking off starting around 1725, or in the years after, through about 1728, between the western and Northern European block of states in the Treaty of Hanover, and the southern, central and eastern block of states tiied together by the Treaty of Vienna and the accompanying Austro-Prussian Treaty of Berlin?
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I find it intriguing mainly because I like "the cut of the jib" of these alliances on a map of Europe in terms of them being pretty large, consolidated blocks of states, much more so than your usual 17th or 18th or 19th century coalitions, sort of like NATO and Warsaw Pact.
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See it is brownish-red versus blue and brown on the map.
The countries of Western Europe should be fairly rough and ready and up for a fight. Their last war, which wasn't that big for them, was the short War of the Quadruple Alliance of 1718-19, and their last really big one was Spanish Succession, ending in 1713. and by 18th century standards any peace of more than five years is starting to get generous. For the northern and Eastern European countries, they had a little less rest, with the last Turkish War and Great Northern War only ending in 179 and 1721 respectively.
As it turned out, the only members of these two, loose, "coalitions" who ended up fighting each other in this time in real history were Britain and Spain, in a limited war fought mainly at sea, at Gibraltar and at Panama, with none of their allies getting roped in. But could the allies have gotten roped in, and for what, and with what result?
Treaty of Hanover (1725) - Wikipedia
I find it intriguing mainly because I like "the cut of the jib" of these alliances on a map of Europe in terms of them being pretty large, consolidated blocks of states, much more so than your usual 17th or 18th or 19th century coalitions, sort of like NATO and Warsaw Pact.
Treaty of Hanover (1725) - Wikipedia
See it is brownish-red versus blue and brown on the map.
The countries of Western Europe should be fairly rough and ready and up for a fight. Their last war, which wasn't that big for them, was the short War of the Quadruple Alliance of 1718-19, and their last really big one was Spanish Succession, ending in 1713. and by 18th century standards any peace of more than five years is starting to get generous. For the northern and Eastern European countries, they had a little less rest, with the last Turkish War and Great Northern War only ending in 179 and 1721 respectively.
As it turned out, the only members of these two, loose, "coalitions" who ended up fighting each other in this time in real history were Britain and Spain, in a limited war fought mainly at sea, at Gibraltar and at Panama, with none of their allies getting roped in. But could the allies have gotten roped in, and for what, and with what result?