Franco Prussian War

Answer 1

The Franco-Prussian War or the Franco-German War is sometimes referred to in France at the 1870 War. It was a conflict between the second French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. Prussia was aided by the North German Confederation. The war lasted from July 19, 1870 to May 10, 1871.

Answer 2

The Franco Prussian War was the final war in the creation of the German nation. Prussia was the largest and most powerful of the German-speaking states after Napoleon's downfall. Slowly, over about 50 years, Prussia gained control of the smaller German states, winning wars with Austria and Denmark. France was threatened by Prussia's expansion. France and Prussia were at odds over a secret document called the Ems Dispatch and the possible choice of a Hohenzollern for the leader of Spain. France felt that with a strong standing army they could easily defeat Prussia. Prussia was joined by all of the German states in mobilizing. They defeated the French at Sedan and in several other battles, and laid siege against Paris. Paris fell, and the Kaiser declared that Germany was now one nation.

In one of the sadder incidents at the end of the war, many people in Paris formed a commune movement that refused to recognize the surrender or the new French government. The French army was now aided by the Germans and drove the communards out of the city center. They retreated to the famed Pere-Lachaise Cemetery where the last 117 survivors, ragged and starved, finally surrendered. French and German troops then executed all of them against the wall of the cemetery.

Answer 3

It lasted only a few weeks because the strong Prussian forces and troops from other German states were prepared and smashed the unorganized and ill-equipped French army. The old and ill Napoleon III surrendered to Prussia, and France had to accept a humiliating defeat.

Answer 4

The Franco-Prussian War was from 1870-1871.

Answer 5

the prussians and France

Answer 6

1870-1871