Franco-Prussian War

The GERMAN EMPIRE (led by the Prussians). They swiftly and easily inflicted a most humiliating defeat on France. They paraded their triumphant army down the Champs-Élysées in Paris, and as the price of the war took the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine from France. France burned with embarrassment and thirsted for revenge and for the restoration of her lost provinces for the next forty years, helping to set the stage for WWI.

Relations between the two countries sorely declined. France and Germany would not get on good terms until the post-World War II period in European History.

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The biggest achievement of the Franco-Prussian war was German unification and the proclamation of the German Empire in the Mirror Hall at Versailles.

Prior to the war, Germany had existed as a number of kingdoms and city states after Napolenic France had brought about the end of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, which had existed for over 800 years, in 1806.

The kingdoms of Bavaria and Prussia had since fought to gain influence and power over the other German states, with neither really gaining the upper hand. As a result of the Franco- Prussian war and Prussias decisive victory over France, a new wave of national pride developed among Germans and the Prusssians seized upon this, proclaiming the German Empire, with the Prussian king as its Emperor

As the war ended, the empire was abolished and a republic was set up, although Paris was briefly ruled by a sort of Socialist-style government called the Paris Commune.

The Franco-Prussian war (1870-71) was provoked by the French emperor Napoleon III to declare war when the Prussian chancellor Bismarck placed a German candidate for the vacant Spanish throne.

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The Junkers were the descendants of the Teutonic Knights, who in the Middle-age times dominated Prussia.

They were deprived of most of their political power in the seventeenth and eighteens century by the Hohenzollern kings. But nonetheless they were able to acquire vast land estates, retaining local administrative authority, dominating the court , army and civil service. They also were holding most of the ministries and public offices.

The great economic growth, outcome of the industrial revolution, gave birth to a new class of manufacturers, merchants and professionals, who tried to force their way beside throne and Junkers. They were rebuffed by the strong alliance between the king and the reactionary Junkers' élite, whose prominent role was to last until 1918.

Germany annexed the previously-independent countries of Baden, Bavaria, Württemberg, and Hesse-Darmstadt. Germany also annexed the French territories of Alsace and Lorraine which Germany renamed as Elsaß-Lothringen.

The Germans had won the Franco - Prussian war and had taken the territories Alsace and Lorraine away from France. The French began to hate the Germans. This could be a factor in the start to WWI.

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Prussia was only the second-most powerful German State, but was effective in leading the unification movement by diplomatically and militarily side-stepping the more powerful Austria, which was the most powerful German State. Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Prussia, calculated that in order for Prussia to be the leader of a united Germany, Austria needed to be kept out and Bismarck had Prussia fight a war against the Austrians in 1866 in order to weaken the Austrian position,

It established the national French sentiment known as Revenchism whereby national rhetoric justified the construction of the Maginot Line, an aggressive foreign policy against Germany, an alliance with Russia and Great Britain, germanophobe speeches and publications, and a call for the return of Alsace and Lorraine. This placed France on that long trajectory toward the First World War.

If it were not for the war, there would be no Germany. The Revolutions of 1848 failed to unify the disparate German lands and so Bismarck attempted it again, successfully, in 1870 by rallying most of the German states behind Prussia in a coalition war against France. Germany was proclaimed an empire in Versailles with the coronation of Kaiser Wilhelm I along with annexing Alsace and Lorraine from France.

Most historians would agree that the break with Bismarckian Realpolitik and the crash course towards the Great war occurs around 1890 with the advent of Kaiser Wilhem II.

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Prussia defeated France in 1871.

As with any historical 'what if' scenario, it is not possible to say precisely what might have transpired with a French victory in the 1870 Franco-Prussian War. Nonetheless, it is arguable that such a victory would have prevented Germany from becoming the dominant Continental force that it became after 1870. In turn, Germany would likely have been much less eager for war in 1914, which might have averted World War I. In this case, the causes of the Communist Revolution in Russia, World War II, and the development of atomic weapon would have been non-existent or at least much less potent. The possibilities beyond that are difficult to imagine, but they are on the whole more positive than what actually took place.

The reason that the Franco-Prussian War was considered an important development in the history of Europe was because the war caused Germany to gain its dominance in military terms. Military dominance was crucial to Germany's growth.

Otto von Bismarck was Chancellor of Prussia from 1862-1890.

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.

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Lots of land, people (death) and the lands of Alsace and Lorraine.

Prussia, led by Otto von Bismarck, was anxious to go to war with France in an effort to unify Germany. The Franco-Prussian war was used to unite the nation states of Germany against a common enemy and show their strength as a unified group.

It is easy to forget (and some history books don't mention it), that the Germany wasn't even a country until 1871, less than half a century before WWI. The beginnings of this state were in the conquests of Napoleon. The northern states had been occupied by France under Napoleon, until Prussia (the most powerful German state) Austria (East of what is now Germany), Russia, and Britain united to defeat the French. This made Prussia even more powerful, and created resentment between the Germans and French, as well as giving the northern German states a taste of what it was like to be part of a larger nation, and simultaneously sparking their sense of Nationalism. Germany as we know it was built by a thoroughly ruthless and Machiavellian man named Otto von Bismarck. He wanted to create a united Germany out of what were at the time 38 separate states. Creating this united state was a challenge for several reasons. The other European powers didn't want to see another empire rising in their midst so soon after having had to put down the French. The various German states were independent and wanted to stay that way. He had to create his empire without building lasting resentments between the states he was seeking to unite and without alarming the other European powers. He did this basically by building a coalition, then provoking a state that was outside that coalition to attack it. This gave him an excuse to enlarge his military, increased the cohesiveness of the coalition he already had, and added another state to his coalition. He repeated this several times until the German states were under his control. Next he had to take on Austria, which at that time was officially the top dog in Germany. He needed to ensure the neutality of France. In order to do this, he offered to turn a blind eye if France annexed a part of southern Belgium, but didn't sign the offer. Then he cleverly provoked Austria to attack. Fours years later he opposed the French claim to the Spanish crown. When the French got it they demanded that the Germans never again try to claim it. In response, he published a telegramme insulting France. This ticked off the French people enough to declare war in 1870. The Austrians weren't all that upset with him because he'd worked hard to rebuild good relations with them, so they stayed out of it, and no one else really saw a reason to join with the French. As a result the French lost to a united Germany. Bismarck used this war to unite Germany, and build German pride and power by humiliating the French and forcing them to give Germany the territories of Alsace and Loraine, and demanding five years of reparations. It should be noted that at this time it was traditional for the winning power to demand reparations of the loser in European conflicts. In fact, the relatively light reparations Germany demanded of Austria were seen as a gesture of good will by the Austrians, and were part of Bismarck's diplomatic efforts to repair Germany's relationship with Austria after their war. However, the net effect was to build a lasting resentment against Germany in the hearts of the French. As a result, Bismarck was able to unite all the German states except Austria into a German Empire under Kaiser William I in 1871. Bismarck was Chancellor. By 1880 at the latest Germany was the military and economic 'top dog' in Continental Europe. The other European powers were uneasy about Germany's new power. After its war on France and its subsequent unification Germany had the strongest military of the continental powers, and was an industrial powerhouse. Its ultimate power was actually somewhat limited because unlike Britain and France, Germany was not a colonial power, so it did not have the massive resources at its disposal the other powers had in their colonies. However, by not competing with the other powers for colonial assets, Bismarck was able avoid conflict. However, eventually William I was replaced by a new Kaiser, William II, who was less willing to allow Bismarck to be the power behind his throne and in 1890 Bismarck resigned.

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It was the comment of US General Philip Sheridan, who witnessed to the battle of Sedan, in seeing the desperate charges of the French cavalry divisions, attempting in vain to break through the German lines.