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Frederick’s victory at Prague was supposed to break Austria.

Instead, it leaves him trapped between a besieged city he cannot abandon and a growing Austrian relief army under Leopold Joseph von Daun.

At Kolín, Frederick once again turns to the solution that has served him so well: attack first, attack hard, and trust the Prussian army to make the plan work.

This time, Daun is ready.

On June 18, 1757, Frederick’s confidence, the limits of Prussian manpower, and the growing strength of Maria Theresa’s reformed army collide in one of the most important battles of the war.

For the first time, Frederick is decisively beaten.

And across Europe, everyone notices.

Please enjoy another set of homemade battle maps! Hope these help...!

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Frederick the Great has driven deep into Bohemia and now stands before Prague, determined to crush the Austrian army in one decisive blow. Instead, the battle becomes a savage contest of mud, cannon fire, shattered formations, and desperate improvisation. By the end of the day, Frederick has his victory—but at a terrible cost. Prague still stands, the Austrian army still survives, and another force under Leopold Daun is already gathering beyond the horizon.

It is one of Frederick’s greatest battlefield triumphs.

And one of the first signs that victory alone may no longer be enough.

Please enjoy these maps I made to help you follow along! They are products of my own creation and not terribly good or expertly geographically accurate, but hopefully they help somewhat!

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Before returning to the battlefields of 1757, we take a step back to answer a deceptively simple question: how did 18th-century warfare actually work?

From battalions, grenadiers, cuirassiers, and hussars to muskets, bayonets, artillery, and the endless problem of keeping tens of thousands of men fed, this supplemental episode breaks down the basic machinery of war in the age of Frederick the Great. We explore linear tactics, volley fire, logistics, flanking and envelopment, the oblique order, and the relentless discipline that allowed the Prussian army to execute Frederick’s increasingly ambitious plans.

Because before we can understand Prague, Kolín, Rossbach, and Leuthen, we first need to understand why thousands of otherwise sensible men were willing to stand in perfectly straight lines and shoot at one another until somebody decided they had had enough.

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