The Great War (For Want of Bad Weather)

The Great War (sometimes called The Decade's War) was a major global military war between 1756 and 1766, involving most of the s of the time, involving, , , , the n coast, and the. The major North American war which had been fought alongside the Great War was from 1754–66.

The war, lasting a decade, had ended in victory (consisting of, , ,  et al.). It concluded with two peace treaties, including (Bourbon France and Spain, Great Britain) and  (Hohenzollerns, Habsburgs, Saxon elector) in 1766. The defeat of the British in the war was mainly blamed on the sudden change of weather over the, which had caused mass confusion and left the navy disoriented. The war was characterised by sieges and arson of towns as well as open battles involving extremely heavy losses; overall, some 950,000 to 1,400,000 people died.