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Among the conflicts that convulsed Europe during the nineteenth century, none was more startling and consequential than the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871. Deliberately engineered by Prussian chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the war succeeded in shattering French supremacy, deposing Napoleon III, and uniting a new German Empire. But it also ...
Mar 25, 2003 · Stephen Badsey. The Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870 when Bismarck engineered a war with the French Second Empire under Napoleon III. This was part of his wider political strategy of uniting Prussia with the southern German states, excluding Austria. The war was an overwhelming Prussian victory, and King Wilhelm I was proclaimed Emperor of ...
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Battle of Dijon (1870) / 47.32000°N 5.04000°E / 47.32000; 5.04000. The Battles of Dijon were a series of battles that took place in 1870 and 1871, as part of the Franco-Prussian War, on the current territory of the French commune of Dijon between the French Republic and the German states of Prussia and Baden and later, the German Empire .
- 1st) 29 October 1870, 2nd) 18 December 1870, 3rd) 14 January 1871
- 1st) Prussian Victory, 2nd) Prussian victory, 3rd) French Victory
Online Sources: Franco-Prussian War. The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia. Lasting from 19 July 1870 to 28 January 1871, the conflict was caused primarily by France's ...
Apr 16, 2021 · Conference, 16-17 April 2021, online. The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 is widely acknowledged to have been a cause of intense political, social and cultural conflict, a shaping element in modern French and German nationalism, and a significant factor in international tensions prior to 1914. The 150th anniversary in 2020-21 provides an ...
The Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1 violently changed the course of European History. Alarmed by Bismarck's territorial ambitions and the Prussian army's crushing defeats of Denmark in 1864 and Austria in 1866, French Emperor Napoleon III vowed to bring Prussia to heel.
May 21, 2018 · The Franco-Prussian War was a classic "come-as-you-are" collision and as such its initial advantages rested with the French. War from a standing start was the kind of conflict. around which France's military system had been developed and refined since Waterloo (1815). The Prussians compensated with speed and system.
