The Franco-Prussian War the German conquest of France in 1870-1871
The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 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. Digging into many Eu...
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
2003
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| Acceso en línea: | Acceso a las primeras páginas |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- 1. Causes of the Franco-Prussian War
- 2. The armies in 1870
- 3. Mobilization for war
- 4. Wissembourg and Spicheren
- 5. Froeschwiller
- 6. Mars-la-Tour
- 7. Gravelotte
- 8. The road to Sedan
- 9. Sedan
- 10. France on the brink
- 11. France falls
- 12. The Peace.
