Britain, Prussia, Russia and the Galitzin Letter

A Reassessment

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8957413
AutoresKarl Schweizer (0000-0002-3143-2100, Bishop's University, autor de correspondencia), Karl W Schweizer, Carol S Leonard (0000-0002-7383-9777, State University of New York)
Año1983
Volumen26
Número3
Páginas531-556
Fecha de publicación1983-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Historical Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0018246x00021051
OpenAlexW2079780348
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas9

Most historians have agreed that only the death of Empress Elizabeth (5 January 1762) and the accession of her nephew, the prussophile Peter III, saved Prussia from destruction in that epic conflict known as the Seven Years’ War. Just when Frederick II's military fortunes were at their lowest point — by early 1762, numerous parts of Prussia had already or were about to come under enemy control — and total defeat appeared unavoidable, chance intervened in the person of the new czar, who, victor though he was, withdrew his forces from the front, offered an armistice and agreed to relinquish without compensation the gains (East Prussia and Pomerania) which Russia had made during the war. At a stroke, the great anti-Prussian confederacy dating from 1757 had collapsed

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