
160th anniversary of the Battle of Königgrätz
On July 3, 1866, the decisive battle of the Prussian-Austrian War took place near eastern Bohemian town Hradec Králové (Königgrätz) known in German speaking countries as Schlacht bei Königgrätz. Prussians surprisingly won this big battle (cca. 400.000 soldiers, cca. 50.000 casualties) over a much bigger army of the Austrian-Saxon alliance. The result directly opened way to creation of united Germany under the Prussian rule (in case of loss in this battle, Bismarck was ready to give up).
This battle decided that Germany would be unified under the strong hand of Prussia AND also that the weaken multinational Habsburg Empire would eventually dissolve. It's the butterfly effect that this happened only due to silly lack of discipline of the Austro-Saxon army.
I'm attaching some pictures from re-anactment of this battle this Sunday which was performed by military history clubs from Czechia, Austria, Slovakia, Italy, Poland and Germany.
BTW. I posted a similar post to the German subreddit (asking if they commemorate this anniversary that lead to the designation of the unified Germany) and they are all saying that they "don't know this battle, don't care and it's not in the school curriculum". I think it's quite scary.