The Franco Prussian War

Author : Michael Howard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2005-12-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134972197

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The Franco-Prussian War by Michael Howard Pdf

In 1870 Bismarck ordered the Prussian Army to invade France, inciting one of the most dramatic conflicts in European history. It transformed not only the states-system of the Continent but the whole climate of European moral and political thought. The overwhelming triumph of German military might, evoking general admiration and imitation, introduced an era of power politics, which was to reach its disastrous climax in 1914. First published in 1961 and now with a new introduction, The Franco-Prussian War is acknowledged as the definitive history of one of the most dramatic and decisive conflicts in the history of Europe.

Author : Geoffrey Wawro
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0521584361

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The Franco-Prussian War by Geoffrey Wawro Pdf

Wawro describes the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1, that violently changed the course of European history.

Author : David Wetzel
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0299174948

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A Duel of Giants by David Wetzel Pdf

Combining impeccable scholarship and literary elegance, David Wetzel depicts the drama of machinations and passions that exploded in a war that forever changed the face of European history.

Author : Michael V. Leggiere
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780806180175

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Napoleon and Berlin by Michael V. Leggiere Pdf

At a time when Napoleon needed all his forces to reassert French dominance in Central Europe, why did he fixate on the Prussian capital of Berlin? Instead of concentrating his forces for a decisive showdown with the enemy, he repeatedly detached large numbers of troops, under ineffective commanders, toward the capture of Berlin. In Napoleon and Berlin, Michael V. Leggiere explores Napoleon’s almost obsessive desire to capture Berlin and how this strategy ultimately lost him all of Germany. Napoleon’s motives have remained a subject of controversy from his own day until ours. He may have hoped to deliver a tremendous blow to Prussia’s war-making capacity and morale. Ironically, the heavy losses and strategic reverses sustained by the French left Napoleon’s Grande Armee vulnerable to an Allied coalition that eventually drove Napoleon from Central Europe forever.

Author : Stephen Badsey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472810168

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The Franco-Prussian War 1870–1871 by Stephen Badsey Pdf

The Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870 when Bismarck engineered a war with the French Second Empire under Napoleon III. This was part of his wider political strategy of uniting Prussia with the southern German states, excluding Austria. The war was an overwhelming Prussian victory, and King Wilhelm I was proclaimed Emperor of the new united Germany. The Second Empire collapsed and Napoleon III became an exile in Britain. In the peace settlement with the French Third Republic in 1871 Germany gained the eastern French provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, areas that were to provide a bone of contention for years to come.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781134972203

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The Franco-Prussian War by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael V. Leggiere
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 903 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107080546

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Napoleon and the Struggle for Germany by Michael V. Leggiere Pdf

The first comprehensive history of the Fall Campaign that determined control of Central Europe following Napoleon's catastrophic defeat in Russia.

Author : Maarten Otte
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526744135

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The Franco-Prussian War, 1870–1871 by Maarten Otte Pdf

“Masterfully written . . . This series provides the enthusiast and historian with volumes in which history is combined with tourism on the battlefields.” —On the Old Barbed Wire In 1870 France embarked on a war with Prussia and her allied German states that was to be a complete disaster. For Napoleon III, after his ignominious surrender with thousands of his troops from the Army of the Rhine and the Army of Châlons, it meant his abdication and exile. For France it resulted in the humiliation of her army, a bitter civil war in Paris, the loss of two Provinces (Alsace and Lorraine) and a heavy indemnity. Maarten Otte provides background chapters to place the lead up to the war and the issues that were involved; he describes the makeup of the opposing armies and some of their principal commanders. The Sedan Campaign was fought over a relatively small area and the locations of some of the key battles have changed little, though some of those near the built-up areas, such as Sedan itself, require some imagination. After the war several German regiments erected monuments and a surprising number remain today, often hidden away in isolated fields and copses. Several communal cemeteries have a number of German graves. Perhaps one of the most macabre of these is the ossuary in Bazeilles, where the visitor is able to see skeletons that still have shreds of uniform and footwear on them. Sedan was also a focus of the most recent and bloody western European wars, and a notable feature of this battlefield is to see memorials to the conflicts of the twentieth century—the Great War and the Second World War.

Author : Henry Montague Hozier,William Henry Davenport Adams
Publisher : London : W. Mackenzie
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
ISBN : OXFORD:N10716265

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The Franco-Prussian War by Henry Montague Hozier,William Henry Davenport Adams Pdf

Author : Stephen Badsey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472851352

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The Franco-Prussian War by Stephen Badsey Pdf

Illustrated with colour maps and images, this is an introduction to the Franco-Prussian War, a war that marked the beginning of the creation of modern Europe. The Franco-Prussian War started in 1870 when Otto von Bismarck engineered a war with the French Second Empire under Napoleon III, as part of his plan to unite Prussia with the southern German states as a new Germany. Stephen Badsey examines the build-up, battles, and impact of the war, which was an overwhelming Prussian victory with massive consequences. The French Second Empire collapsed, Napoleon III became an exile in Britain, and King Wilhelm I was proclaimed Emperor of the new united Germany. In the peace settlement that followed, Germany gained the eastern French provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, areas that were to provide a bone of contention for years to come. Updated for the new edition with revisions from the author and new images throughout, this is an accessible introduction to the largest and most important war fought in Europe between the age of Napoleon and the First World War.

Author : Melville D. Landon
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783382126797

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The Franco-Prussian War in a Nutshell by Melville D. Landon Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Author : Léonce Patry,Douglas Fermer
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0304359130

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The Reality of War by Léonce Patry,Douglas Fermer Pdf

The long and sombre chronicle of the Franco-Prussian war is an episode that deserves further attention. English-speaking readers have very little sense of what the war was like for its participants. Based on his own experiences, Patry vividly describes the bloodshed and appalling atrocities committed during the army advance to retake the Paris commune. He is also deeply critical of the shortcomings and follies of the high command. An elegant translation of a compelling text, written by a man of obvious charm and honesty, and equally obvious faults, this book is a joy to read. It ranks as one of the best examples of war memoirs written in any language.

Author : Helmuth Graf von Moltke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
ISBN : HARVARD:32044086058922

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The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth Graf von Moltke Pdf

Author : Melville De Lancey Landon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
ISBN : WISC:89096151352

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The Franco-Prussian War in a Nutshell by Melville De Lancey Landon Pdf

Author : Geoffrey Wawro
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003-08-25
Category : France
ISBN : 0511337280

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The Franco-Prussian War by Geoffrey Wawro Pdf

Wawro describes the Franco-Prussian War, 1870OCo71, that violently changed the course of European history."