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Victoria 3's map is very pretty to look at, but is it historically accurate?
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Victoria 3's map is very pretty to look at, but is it historically accurate?
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![The War of the Hats: Every Day
A war broke out between Sweden and Russia over the fate of Finland, with mixed results.
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Music used:
Crossing the Chasm by Kevin MacLeod
Note:
- Gregorian dates are used for this video. Many sources have Julian dates.
Sources:
- Hatakka, Sampsa (2021). The supply challenges of the Swedish army during theRusso-Swedish War of 1741–1743. In Petri Talvitie & Juha-Matti Granqvist(Eds.), Civilians and military supply in early modern Finland (pp. 177–202).Helsinki University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33134/HUP-10-6
- “Russko-Shvedskaya Voyna 1741 - 1743.” n.d. Map.
- “[Russo-Swedish War, 1741-1743] Elizabeth Petrovna.” Drouot, n.d. https://drouot.com/en/l/25842807-russo-swedish-war-1741-1743-elizabeth-petrovna-russian.
- Tengburg, Niklas. Till Historien om Sveriges Krig Med Ryssland Åren 1741-1743. Lunds University, 1857. The War of the Hats: Every Day](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5JO4Z3DYqNo/mqdefault.jpg)

