or, the worst series of wars I have ever fought.
When one opens a dusty history book, he may be brought back into the past. Into the past to view
upon death, plague, suffering, and one may wonder where the “good old days” are located in
history. A hint: They’re not. If you thought modern times are hard, you need only look as far as
the Venetian Wars, a horrible set of wars that drained the manpower and cash of Austria for
generations.
The first and second Venetian wars were not any thing special, no. Their effects merely
transferred Istria and Ragusa to the Archduchy. But the Third Austrian War... It lasted six and a
half years, the war itself, at least, from 1479-1485. But its effects lasted for a generation, and the
fighting of the period lasted until 1487. Austria entered the war with a respectable pool of 15000
able bodied men ready for military service but not in the military yet. It ended with 2000. It
entered with 900 gold ducats... It ended with a rapidly diminishing 80. And so, the tale of the
bloody Third Venetian War begins.
* * * * *
OOC: I do know that I already have a very involved AAR at the moment, but, this series of wars
was so bloody that I could not refuse to AAR it. After all, never in the history of EU2 have I ever
fought such a devastating war, never such a horrible drain on my beautiful policies that create -
not to brag - some of the most stable human played states ever.
When one opens a dusty history book, he may be brought back into the past. Into the past to view
upon death, plague, suffering, and one may wonder where the “good old days” are located in
history. A hint: They’re not. If you thought modern times are hard, you need only look as far as
the Venetian Wars, a horrible set of wars that drained the manpower and cash of Austria for
generations.
The first and second Venetian wars were not any thing special, no. Their effects merely
transferred Istria and Ragusa to the Archduchy. But the Third Austrian War... It lasted six and a
half years, the war itself, at least, from 1479-1485. But its effects lasted for a generation, and the
fighting of the period lasted until 1487. Austria entered the war with a respectable pool of 15000
able bodied men ready for military service but not in the military yet. It ended with 2000. It
entered with 900 gold ducats... It ended with a rapidly diminishing 80. And so, the tale of the
bloody Third Venetian War begins.
* * * * *
OOC: I do know that I already have a very involved AAR at the moment, but, this series of wars
was so bloody that I could not refuse to AAR it. After all, never in the history of EU2 have I ever
fought such a devastating war, never such a horrible drain on my beautiful policies that create -
not to brag - some of the most stable human played states ever.
