From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #12052 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Wednesday, August 23 2023 Volume 14 : Number 12052 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Why Conventional Preparedness Wisdom Is Deadly? ["Bulletproof Home Defens] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2023 17:03:07 +0200 From: "Bulletproof Home Defense" Subject: Why Conventional Preparedness Wisdom Is Deadly? Why Conventional Preparedness Wisdom Is Deadly? http://volumilproof.ltd/Qdxf7w71IKBoZR-iqdJ5e5qqNOYqoQDZ10ddDzwx9DiZDkdY8w http://volumilproof.ltd/gyweyh5NBLOqoLMjJixXyrogb3KbPqEPbdQMidqtlPSu477goQ What came to be known as the Seven Years' War had roots in colonial America in conflicts between Great Britain and France in 1754, when the British sought to expand into territory claimed by the French in North America. The war came to be known as the French and Indian War, with both the British and the French and their respective Native American allies fighting for control of territory. Hostilities were heightened when a joint British and native Mingo force (led by a 22-year-old Lieutenant Colonel George Washington and Chief Tanacharison) ambushed a small French force at the Battle of Jumonville Glen on 28 May 1754. The conflict exploded across the colonial boundaries and extended to Britain's seizure of hundreds of French merchant ships at sea, with Horace Walpole describing his contemporary Washington's role therein as "the volley fired by a young Virginian in the backwoods of America set the world on fire." Prussia, a rising power, struggled with Austria for dominance within and outside the Holy Roman Empire in central Europe. The Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 led to a massive realignment of the European alliance system: Austria allied itself with Russia and France in an attempt to regain the province of Silesia, which had been lost to Prussia in the earlier War of the Austrian Succession, while Prussia allied itself with Great Britain, who welcomed Prussia as an up-and-coming European land power who could help counterbalance France in Germany. Realizing that war was imminent, Prussia pre-emptively struck Saxony and quickly overran it. The result caused uproar across Europe. Reluctantly, by following the Imperial diet of the Holy Roman Empire, which declared war on Prussia on 17 January 1757, most of the states of the empire joined Austria's cause. The Anglo-Prussian alliance was joined by a few smaller German states within the empire (most notably the Electorate of Hanover but also Brunswick and Hesse-Kassel). Sweden, seeking to regain Pomerania (most of which had been lost to Prussia in previous wars), joined the coalition, seeing its chance when all the major continental powers of Europe opposed Prussia. Spain, bound by the Pacte de Famille, intervened on behalf of France and together they launched an unsuccessful invasion of Portugal in 1762. The Russian Empire was originally aligned with Austria, fearing Prussia's ambition on the PolishbLithuanian Commonwealth, but switched sides upon the succession of Tsar Peter III in 1762. Many middle and small powers in Europe, as in the previous wars, tried steering away from the escalating conflict, even though they had interests in the conflict or with the belligerents. DenmarkbNorway, for instance, was close to being dragged into the war on France's side when Peter III became Russian emperor and switched sides; Dano-Norwegian and Russian armies were close to ending up in battle, but the Russian emperor was deposed before war formally broke out. The Dutch Republic, a long-time British ally, kept its neutrality intact, not seeing why it should fight a costly war for British interests, and even tried to prevent Britain's domination in India. The taxation needed for war caused the Russian people considerable hardship, being added to the taxation of salt and alcohol begun by Empress Elizabeth in 1759 to complete her addition to the Winter Palace. Like Sweden, Russia concluded a separate peace with Prussi ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #12052 ***********************************************