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PINYL #35: Written in Britain
🕑 Added 2021-06-07 05:00:03 +0000 UTC[PATRONS]
After a worrying start, the War of the Austrian Succession was finally beginning to turn a corner for Vienna. This was thanks in large part to two main factors. First, British diplomacy had helped mediate peace between Austria and Prussia in mid-1742, and second, British money had arrived just in time to fill Austrian coffers. In the window of opportunity this provided, Austria invaded Bavaria and seized Munich. The invasion was so great a coup., that it almost didn't mater that the 300 year Habsburg hold on the office of Holy Roman Empire had just been broken, or that Britain had helped to make it happen. Confused? You will be! Welcome to the wonderful world of Europe in 1742...
