WAR OF AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION: PRUSSIA ALLIES WITH FRANCE, FIGHTS AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN. AND ENDS UP TAKING SILESIA FROM AUSTRIA. SEVEN YEARS WAR: PRUSSIA ALLIES WITH GREAT BRITAIN, FIGHTS AGAINST FRANCE, KEEPS TERRITORIAL GAINS FROM THE LAST WAR AND EMERGES AS A NEW EUROPEAN POWER. MORAL OF THE STORY: PRUSSIA WINS REGARDLESS OF WHO SHE'S FIGHTING ALONG SIDE WITH.