WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION
The War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48) was a series of related wars, two of which directly developed from the death of the Austrian Holy Roman Emperor Charles
The Possibility
Had Spain joined the war, the British defenders of Gibraltar would have been in an impossible position and soon would have lost control. The Strait of Gibraltar would have closed, cutting off the British Army in the Middle East. Now isolated from the
