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After the Franco-Prussian war in 1871 Prussia was able to unite Germany, which existed before that out of many small states, into one major empire .
The Austro-Prussian War joined together the north German states. After Prussia won the Franco-Prussian War, the peace treaty declared the unification of Germany.
Long story short, because France declared war on Prussia and not the other way around, the defensive alliances that Prussia had with Baden, Wuettemberg and Bavaria were activated and since none of them were willing to break them, they joined the war on the Prussian side. At this point most of the southern states had drifted from their historically good relations with France, and looked more and more towards Prussia for leadership, so the choice wasn't a hard one.
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.
In 1866 Prussia annexed Hanover and turned it into a Prussian province. It remained part of Prussia till 1933, when the Nazis abolished the various states in Germany.
After the Franco-Prussian war in 1871 Prussia was able to unite Germany, which existed before that out of many small states, into one major empire .
The Franco -Prussian War ended on May 10, 1871. In the war a coalition of German states led by Prussia defeated France.
The Austro-Prussian War joined together the north German states. After Prussia won the Franco-Prussian War, the peace treaty declared the unification of Germany.
The Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871.
The Franco -Prussian War ended on May 10, 1871. In the war a coalition of German states led by Prussia defeated France.
The Franco-Prussian War in 1870-1871 led to the creation of the German state. It concluded with the defeat of France by Prussia and its allies, resulting in the unification of various German states into the German Empire, with Wilhelm I of Prussia being proclaimed as Kaiser.
The Franco-Prussian War of 1871. Prussia (Germany Won and formed the German nation out of individual states
German joined Prussia and Austria in the newly-formed German Confederation, a replacement to the now obsolete Holy Roman Empire. When the Franco-Prussian War took place Prussia gained the territory of Alsace-Lorraine when they beat France. The war caused German states to consolidate into a unified German nation, which was the German Empire.
Long story short, because France declared war on Prussia and not the other way around, the defensive alliances that Prussia had with Baden, Wuettemberg and Bavaria were activated and since none of them were willing to break them, they joined the war on the Prussian side. At this point most of the southern states had drifted from their historically good relations with France, and looked more and more towards Prussia for leadership, so the choice wasn't a hard one.
The Franco-Prussian war. Prussia beat France and took Alsace-Lorraine. Then Otto von Bismark unified the German states to become the Germany that we know today.
The Franco Prussian War. There had been many years of tension between France and Prussia. In 1868 Queen Isabella of Spain was deposed and there was some argument about the Prussian candidate for the vacant throne. Insults were passed between the Prussian King and the French Ambassador. Public opinion was in uproar so that on the 19th July 1870 France declared war on Prussia only, although the other German states joined in. The German armies defeated France and the war came to an end on the 10th May 1871
The victorious conflict led to the proclamation of the German Empire, i.e. the establishment of a new state ruled by the king of Prussia, which replaced the many independent kingdoms and states in which Germany was divided.