18th Century Warfare: Crash Course European History #20

European powers had a lot of wars in the 18th century, and they weren’t confined to Europe. Conflict raged across the globe, in what might be called a World War…but we don’t call it that, because we already have a couple of those coming up in the 20th century. Some call it the Great War for Empire, and some call it a bunch of separate wars, but in any case, all this conflict was important, and you’re going to learn all about it right now.

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