The western German-speaking states of Europe have…

March 1759 CE

The western German-speaking states of Europe have been a major theater of the Seven Years' War since 1757, when the French had launched an invasion of Hanover.

This had culminated in a decisive victory for the French at the Battle of Hastenbeck and the attempted imposition of the Convention of Klosterzeven upon the defeated allies: Hanover, Prussia and Britain.

Prussia and Britain had refused to ratify the convention and, in 1758, a counter-offensive commanded by Ferdinand had seen French forces first driven back across the Rhine, then beaten at the Battle of Krefeld.

The Prussian port of Emden had also been recaptured, securing supply from Britain.

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Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel View → George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville View → Louis Georges Érasme de Contades View → Victor François de Broglie View →

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Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchy of View → Saxony, Electorate of View → Hesse-Kassel, Landgraviate of View → France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View → Schaumburg-Lippe View → Brunswick-Lüneburg, Electorate of (Electorate of Hanover) View → Britain, Kingdom of Great View →

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Seven Years' War View → Minden, Battle of View →

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