Franco-Prussian War
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The Franco-Prussian War, occasionally known as the Franco-German War, and sometimes referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between France and the North German Confederation led by Pr
A v Werner Kaiserproklamation am 18 Januar 1871
Battle of Mars La Tour, August 16,1870 by Emil Hünten
Siege of Paris
Ernst Zimmer Das Lauenburgische Jäger Bataillon Nr. 9 bei Gravelotte
Paris Commune
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The Paris Commune was a French revolutionary government that seized power in Paris on 18 March 1871 and controlled parts of the city until 28 May 1871. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, the
Franco-Prussian War
…rule and began the first lasting republican government. Resentment over the French government's handling of the war and its aftermath triggered the Paris Commune, a revolutionary uprising which seized and held power for two months before its suppression; the event would influence the politics and policies of the…
A barricade thrown up by the Communard National Guard on 18 March 1871
Children in factory at the forge under the Second French Empire
Louis Auguste Blanqui, leader of the Commune's far-left faction, was imprisoned for the entire time of the Commune.
French National Guard soldier, 1870