Sedmiletá válka - Bitvy a osudy válečníků VIII. (1756-1763) – Kovařík Jiří (2021)

The eighth volume of the project Battles and the Fates of Warriors captures a conflict that erupted far from Europe across the Atlantic Ocean on the border of today's USA and Canada, where France and Great Britain competed. It spilled into the Mediterranean Sea and then flared up in Saxony, Bohemia, Silesia, and Moravia, where Prussia and the Habsburg Empire struggled against each other since the previous War of Austrian Succession. It drew in other countries, including the German states in the Holy Roman Empire, Sweden, Spain, and Russia. The British-French rivalry also spilled over to another continent, Asia, where battles were fought over who would gain a larger share of influence in India, and it marginally affected Africa as well. In the book, you will find battles in North America (including the fort of William Henry, known from The Last of the Mohicans), major battles in Bohemia near Lovosice, Štěrboholy, and Kolín, victories and defeats of Frederick the Great (Leuthen, Rossbach, Zorndorf, Kunersdorf, Liegnitz, Torgau), as well as battles in Western Europe (Bergen, Minden, Cardinaux). The life story of Marquis de Montcalm will lead you to the loss of French Canada, and you will follow the trails of the war in Europe alongside the legendary cavalry general von Zieten.