Frederick the Great was also successful when the odds were stacked against thanks to luck and his genius. Frederick won the Seven Years War for Prussia (Murphy, 13). Austria’s will to repossess Silesia was a major cause leading up to the Seven Years War. Austria, Russia, France, in Saxony were all allied against Prussia. Great Britain was on Frederick’s side. Frederick understood that these countries did not work well with each other when it came to teamwork and attacked them one at a time and at the weakest point in their foundation (Encyclopedia of World Biography, 7). Prussia did not do all the work, Great Britain was allied with Prussia and helped them out in the war (McGoldrick, 7). Great Britain was fighting wars with France all
