You can have a read of the war of 1870 according to the angle of the decision, bad, catastrophic even in the light of the result, taken by a government.

But you can also take this war a little further away. Why France fell-she so obligingly into the trap of easy dispatch of Ems strained by Bismarck ? France did not wake up one day with the taraudant need to face his neighbour, prussian. The fire smoldered for a long time.

back to 1815

To understand 1870, it must be in fact traced back to 1815 and trace the fascinating Nineteenth century from the day when the swiss Franc...

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Date Of Update: 17 July 2020, 12:33