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
Otto von Bismarck
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Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg, was a German statesman and diplomat who oversaw the unification of Germany and served as its first chancellor
Franco-Prussian War
…demanding Prussia renounce any future claims, which Wilhelm rejected. The internal Ems dispatch reported this to Berlin on July 13; Prussian chancellor Otto von Bismarck quickly then made it public with altered wording. Thus the French newspapers for July 14, the French national holiday contained translations of Bismarck's…
Bismarck in 1885
Bismarck in 1833, at age 18
Bismarck in 1847, at age 32
Bismarck in 1863 with Roon (centre) and Moltke (right), the three leaders of Prussia in the 1860s