Potato War

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18th-century conflict European war Prussia–Austria conflict war

The Potato War, formally known as the War of the Bavarian Succession, was an 18th-century conflict between Prussia and Austria over the inheritance of the Bavarian throne that involved little actual fighting and was marked more by supply raids than major battles.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kartoffelkrieg	2
Potato War canonical	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	18th-century conflict ⓘ European war ⓘ Prussia–Austria conflict ⓘ war ⓘ
endedBy	Treaty of Teschen ⓘ
endTime	1779 ⓘ
followedBy	Napoleonic Wars contextually in Central Europe ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Potato War ⓘ surface form: Kartoffelkrieg War of the Bavarian Succession ⓘ
hasBelligerent	Dutch Republic ⓘ Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Electorate of Hanover Electorate of Saxony ⓘ Electoral Palatinate ⓘ surface form: Electorate of the Palatinate France ⓘ Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Habsburg Monarchy Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia Russian Empire ⓘ
hasCasualtiesLevel	relatively low compared to contemporary wars ⓘ
hasCause	Austrian attempt to acquire large parts of Bavaria ⓘ Prussian opposition to Habsburg expansion in Germany ⓘ death of Elector Maximilian III Joseph of Bavaria without direct heirs ⓘ dispute over the Bavarian succession ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	dominated by maneuver and supply raids ⓘ few major battles ⓘ little actual fighting ⓘ logistical warfare ⓘ
hasCommander	Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ surface form: Emperor Joseph II Field Marshal Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz as chief Austrian strategist ⓘ Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ Prince Heinrich of Prussia ⓘ surface form: Prince Henry of Prussia
hasFormalName	War of the Bavarian Succession ⓘ
hasLegalEffect	guaranteed by Russia and France ⓘ
hasMainCombatant	Austria ⓘ Prussia ⓘ
hasNicknameOrigin	named for soldiers raiding for food, especially potatoes ⓘ
hasOutcome	cession of the Innviertel to Austria ⓘ limited territorial changes ⓘ Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ surface form: recognition of Charles Theodore as Elector of Bavaria
hasPeaceTreaty	Treaty of Teschen ⓘ
hasResult	Treaty of Teschen ⓘ status quo ante bellum ⓘ
hasTheater	Central Europe ⓘ
isPartOf	Austro-Prussian War ⓘ surface form: Austro–Prussian rivalry history of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
precededBy	Seven Years' War ⓘ
startTime	1778 ⓘ
tookPlaceIn	Bavaria ⓘ Bohemia ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Saxony ⓘ Silesia ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

War of the Bavarian Succession → alsoKnownAs → Potato War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kartoffelkrieg

Potato War → hasAlternativeName → Potato War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kartoffelkrieg