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A series of hard-fought Prussian and German victories in eastern France, culminating in the Siege of Metz and the Battle of Sedan, resulted in the capture of the French Emperor Napoleon III and the decisive defeat of the army of the Second Empire; a Government of National Defense was formed in Paris on 4 September and continued the war for anoth...
Franco-Prussian War, or Franco-German War, (1870–71) War in which a coalition of German states led by Prussia defeated France, ending French hegemony in continental Europe and creating a unified Germany. The immediate cause of the Franco-Prussian War was the candidacy of Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen for the Spanish throne, which ...
19 lip 1998 · Franco-German War, (July 19, 1870–May 10, 1871), war in which a coalition of German states led by Prussia defeated France. The war marked the end of French hegemony in continental Europe and resulted in the creation of a unified Germany.
21 maj 2018 · Franco-Prussian War the war of 1870–1 between France (under Napoleon III) and Prussia, in which Prussian troops advanced into France and decisively defeated the French at Sedan. The defeat marked the end of the French Second Empire.
24 maj 2024 · The Franco-Prussian War was a conflict between the Second French Empire, led by Emperor Napoleon III, and the North German Confederation, led by the Kingdom of Prussia, and its southern German allies.
17 wrz 2024 · German Empire - Franco-Prussian War, Unification, Bismarck: Though the war was perhaps not planned by Bismarck, it was certainly not unwelcome to him. It solved at a stroke the problem of southern Germany, since all the southern German states at once acknowledged their treaty obligations to Prussia and placed their troops under William’s command.
17 lip 2020 · Experts at the time expected the French to win. They overlooked serious weaknesses on the French side, which Sir Michael Howard's analysis shows extended far beyond the narrow military field, to wider political and societal disadvantages.
