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The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, [b] 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.
This is an order of battle of the French and German Armies at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. France ... "The Franco-German War of 1870-71".
With a declaration of war by the French parliament on 16 July 1870, Imperial France soon faced a series of defeats at German hands over the following months, leading to the Battle of Sedan, which, on 2 September 1870, saw a decisive defeat of French forces and the capture of the French emperor, Napoleon III.
Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) Location: France. France: North German Confederation Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom of Saxony; Grand Duchy of Baden Kingdom of Bavaria Kingdom of Württemberg Grand Duchy of Hesse. French defeat Dissolution of the Second French Empire, Third Republic Established
John Tenniel: Au Revoir!, Punch 6 August 1881. French–German (Franco-German) enmity [1] (French: Rivalité franco-allemande, German: Deutsch–französische Erbfeindschaft) was the idea of unavoidably hostile relations and mutual revanchism between Germans (including Austrians) and French people that arose in the 16th century and became popular with the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871.
The Krupp C64 (sometimes C/64) steel, breech loaded field gun was one of the main artillery pieces of the Prussians in the 1870–1871 war with France.It was superior to the French counterparts in every way: accuracy, rate of fire, range and reliability of the fuse.
The siege of Metz was a battle fought during the Franco-Prussian War from August 19 to October 27, 1870 and ended in a decisive allied German victory. The French Army of the Rhine under François Bazaine retreated into the Metz fortress after its defeat by the Germans at the Battle of Gravelotte on 18 August 1870.
The Battle of Vendôme [10] [11] took place during the Franco-Prussian War, [5] [12] it lasted from 14 to 17 December 1870 in Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher, France.In this fierce fighting, [2] the X Army of the Kingdom of Prussia under the command of General Konstantin Bernhard von Voigts-Rhetz and the 2nd Army of Prussia which was commanded by Prince Friedrich Karl, [1] attacked the French Army of ...