Western Civilization II / Unit 8 WC2 0706 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Austerlitz and Jena: Austria, Russia, and Prussia Beaten, 1805 to 1806
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The idea
In eighteen-oh-five he defeated Austria and Russia, at Austerlitz by the witness's name, and occupied Vienna; in eighteen-oh-six he crushed Prussia at Jena and occupied Berlin. The anchor puts Prussia's loss at ninety-six percent of over one hundred seventy thousand men.
In practice
The witness: the Treaty of Pressburg after Austerlitz.
Where people slip
The figures are the anchor's; the battle names are the witness's.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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