The Year of Battles or the Franco-German War of 1870-71 - New 9781783316687
YEAR OF BATTLES: FRANCO-GERMAN WAR OF 1870-71\nDetailed hardback history of the Franco-Prussian war, with much technological material of importance to the study of the development of weapons and tactics, such as the effect of the new Krupp breech-loading guns and their range, the conflicting reports on the battle of Courcelles, the effect of the French machine gun and the problems of the army defending Paris.\nThe Franco-Prussian War was a conflict between the Second French Empire (and later, the Third French Republic) and the German states of the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia. Lasting from 19 July 1870 to 28 January 1871, the conflict was caused primarily by France\u2019s determination to restore its dominant position in continental Europe, which it had lost following Prussia\u2019s crushing victory over Austria in 1866. Prussian chancellor Otto von Bismarck deliberately provoked the French into declaring war on Prussia in order to draw four independent so.
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