Battle of Kunersdorf

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The Battle of Kunersdorf was a pivotal 1759 clash in the Seven Years' War in which a combined Russian and Austrian army inflicted one of Frederick the Great’s most devastating defeats.

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instanceOf battle
military engagement
alliedForcesComposition combined Russian and Austrian army
alsoKnownAs Battle of Kunowice
AustrianCommander Ernst Gideon von Laudon
belligerent Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Russian Empire
campaign 1759 campaign of the Seven Years' War
commander Ernst Gideon von Laudon
Frederick II of Prussia
Frederick II of Prussia
surface form: Frederick the Great

Leopold I, Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Pyotr Saltykov
conflictOf Seven Years' War
countryAtTime Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
date 1759-08-12
followedBy Russian advance toward Berlin (1759)
FrederickAssessment Frederick the Great considered it his worst defeat
front Third Silesian War
surface form: Central European theatre of the Seven Years' War
location Kunersdorf
near Frankfurt an der Oder
notableEvent near-annihilation of the Prussian army
partOf Third Silesian War
precededBy Battle of Kay
presentDayLocation Kunowice, Poland
PrussianCasualties around 19,000–20,000 killed, wounded or captured
PrussianCommander Frederick II of Prussia
surface form: Frederick the Great

Leopold I, Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
PrussianObjective to destroy the Russian army and relieve pressure on Brandenburg
result Prussian defeat
decisive Russo-Austrian victory
RussianCommander Pyotr Saltykov
RussoAustrianCasualties around 15,000–18,000 killed or wounded
RussoAustrianObjective to defeat the main Prussian field army and open the road to Berlin
significance major turning point in the Seven Years' War
one of Frederick the Great's worst defeats
threatened the survival of the Prussian state
strategicEffect brought Prussia close to collapse
temporarily eliminated Prussia's main field army
strengthPrussia approximately 50,000–60,000 soldiers
strengthRussoAustrian approximately 60,000–70,000 soldiers
tacticalOutcome Russo-Austrian forces held the field
terrainFeature Mühlberg hill
surface form: Judenberg heights

Mühlberg hill
swamps and ponds near the Oder River
year 1759

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Seven Years' War majorBattle Battle of Kunersdorf
Third Silesian War majorBattle Battle of Kunersdorf
Russian advance toward Berlin (1759) after Battle of Kunersdorf
Mühlberg hill partOf Battle of Kunersdorf
this entity surface form: Battle of Kunersdorf battlefield
Mühlberg hill significantDuring Battle of Kunersdorf
Mühlberg hill conflictEvent Battle of Kunersdorf
Kunowice, Poland notableEvent Battle of Kunersdorf
Battle of Kay followedBy Battle of Kunersdorf
Kunersdorf notableFor Battle of Kunersdorf
Kunersdorf locationOf Battle of Kunersdorf
Kunersdorf coordinateEvent Battle of Kunersdorf
Kunersdorf siteOfMilitaryConflict Battle of Kunersdorf
this entity surface form: Battle of Kunersdorf (1759)
Battle of Kunowice alsoKnownAs Battle of Kunersdorf
Battle of Torgau precededBy Battle of Kunersdorf
Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz participantIn Battle of Kunersdorf
Battle of Maxen precededBy Battle of Kunersdorf
Battle of Hochkirch followedBy Battle of Kunersdorf