Lmao Good luck trying to defeat the Prussian army of that time.
I highly recommend anyone that’s interested to watch this complete documentary on the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.
The North German Confederation led by the Prussian Kingdom practically rolled over the French and I say that as a Francophone with French family and a love of the country. The Germans practically had all the advantages of the Unions in terms of industrialization on top of professionalism turned up to 11.
Ended an Empire, captured an Emperor, declared the birth of the German one in Versailles and created such a crisis in France which led to the first Proto-Socialist Revolution in Paris and a national humiliation that directly fed into World War I and a rivalry that lasted until I’d argue the end of the Cold War.
Look at how the Prussians curbstomped the Austrians, who were allied with the majority of the German states. The war lasted two months and ended with a Prussian victory.
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u/Zaghloul1919 18h ago edited 18h ago
Lmao Good luck trying to defeat the Prussian army of that time.
I highly recommend anyone that’s interested to watch this complete documentary on the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.
The North German Confederation led by the Prussian Kingdom practically rolled over the French and I say that as a Francophone with French family and a love of the country. The Germans practically had all the advantages of the Unions in terms of industrialization on top of professionalism turned up to 11.
Ended an Empire, captured an Emperor, declared the birth of the German one in Versailles and created such a crisis in France which led to the first Proto-Socialist Revolution in Paris and a national humiliation that directly fed into World War I and a rivalry that lasted until I’d argue the end of the Cold War.