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Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War,1870–71, conflict between France and Prussia that signaled the rise of German military power and imperialism. It was provoked by Otto von Bismarck (the Prussian chancellor) as part of his plan to create a unified German Empire...
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The emergence of Prussia as the leading German power and the increasing unification of the German states were viewed with apprehension by Napoleon III after the Prussian victory in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. Bismarck, at the same ... Related content from HighBeam Research on: Franco-Prussian War: Causes...
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The Franco-Prussian War, was a war in 1870-1871 lost by France to the German states under the leadership of Prussia. ... The event directly precipitating the Franco-Prussian War was the candidacy of Leopold, prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, for the throne of Spain, rendered vacant by the Spanish revolution of 1868.
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The Franco-Prussian war, which began in July of 1870, was a disaster for France. By September 20, 1870, an invading army of Prussians had surrounded the French capital of Paris. The leaders of the French Republic then found themselves besieged and unable to communicate with their own armies in the provinces.
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Franco-Prussian War, 1870 ... A shattered Emperor Louis Napoleon, frequently in tears, surrendered his sword to William, King of Prussia (later proclaimed Kaiser of German Empire a year later at Versailles), after 44 days of warfare that have devastated France and confirmed newly-united Germany as ... Map, Franco-Prussian War...
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WHEN war was declared between France and Germany in the early summer of 1870, I was sent by a London paper to act as special correspondent with MacMahon's corps d'armee, and, leaving the town at twenty-four hours' notice, arrived at Strasburg with by no means too ... I was accused, as I said before, of being a Prussian spy;
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Franco-Prussian War & north France ... Prussian occupation; Initial euphoria evaporated when Prussian troops continued the war. They swept in to surround Paris, and occupied much of the north ... Interesting web sources:; History of the 19th Century in political cartoons; - Outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War; - The Debacle...
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Besides establishing the Third French Republic and the German Empire, the Franco-Prussian War had other far-reaching effects. Desire for revenge guided French policy for the following half-century. Prussian militarism had triumphed and laid the groundwork for German imperialistic ventures.
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