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... that in the 1815 Secret Treaty of Vienna, Britain and Austria sided with their former enemy France against former allies Prussia and Russia? "Alliance members: Great Britain, Austria-Hungary, France, Bavaria, Hanover and the Netherlands. Signed on: January 3, 1815" from: Gibler, Douglas M. (2008). International Military Alliances, 1648-2008. CQ Press. p. 117. ISBN978-1-60426-684-9.
ALT1:... that during the Waterloo campaign a copy of the 1815 Secret Treaty of Vienna was sent to the Prussians by Napoleon to try to split them from their British allies? You'll have to trust me its in this audiobook: Clayton, Tim (2014). Waterloo. Audible Studios. p. Chapter 5.
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
Interesting:
Other problems: - ALT1 could use a little workshopping, as it gets a bit convoluted.
QPQ: Done.
Overall: Both hooks are reasonably interesting, but in their current formulation, I prefer alt0 since it's more straightforward. Nice work! {{u|Sdkb}}talk 09:12, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
- Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
- ALT1 could use a little workshopping, as it gets a bit convoluted.
Both hooks are reasonably interesting, but in their current formulation, I prefer alt0 since it's more straightforward. Nice work! {{u|Sdkb}} talk 09:12, 10 August 2020 (UTC)