Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9781472810168
Subjects: Franco-prussian war, 1870-1871
Description: "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 the new united Germany. The Second Empire collapsed and Napoleon III became an exile in Britain. In the peace settlement with the French Third Republic in 1871 Germany gained the eastern French provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, areas that were to provide a bone of contention for years to come."--Bloomsbury Publishing.