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The Franco-Prussian War

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The Franco-Prussian War

By: Stephen Badsey
Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
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Bloomsbury presents The Franco-Prussian War by Stephen Badsey, read by Ric Jerrom.

This is an introduction to the Franco-Prussian War, a war that marked the beginning of the creation of modern Europe.

The Franco-Prussian War started in 1870 when Otto von Bismarck engineered a war with the French Second Empire under Napoleon III, as part of his plan to unite Prussia with the southern German states as a new Germany. Stephen Badsey examines the build-up, battles, and impact of the war, which was an overwhelming Prussian victory with massive consequences. The French Second Empire collapsed, Napoleon III became an exile in Britain, and King Wilhelm I was proclaimed Emperor of the new united Germany. In the peace settlement that followed, Germany gained the eastern French provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, areas that were to provide a bone of contention for years to come.

Updated for the new edition with revisions from the author, this is an accessible introduction to the largest and most important war fought in Europe between the age of Napoleon and the First World War.©2022 Stephen Badsey (P)2022 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Europe France Germany Military Wars & Conflicts War Russia Imperialism
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this is an excellent introduction to the Franco Prussian War. it is both Broad and brief covering its causes, outbreak, military operations and political ramifications briefly and succinctly.

a very nice primer

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Want to know the why of WWII? Find the answer in WWI. Want to know the why of WWI. Find the answer in the Franco-Prussian War. The ideas of Blitzkrieg and Total War are first found in this War between France and Prussia (really Germany as we know it today). After the end of the Napoleonic Wars of the early 19th Century, France stopped its ancient enemy; England, after a millennia of doing so. Then the French turned to Germany (specifically Prussia) to find its new adversary. And, Prussia turned from Austria to France as its new threat that would culminate in a unified Germany for the first time. When and where did this all occur; The Franco-Prussia War. This short book explains well the reason and facts of this War.

The War that set up WWI and WWII

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