July 19, 1870, the flower in the rifle, France declared war on Prussia, falling into a trap coarse carefully tended by Bismarck. This war was for France absolutely no justification. It was the result of a "conspiracy of mediocrities" : the nationalism that sourdaient for several years either side of the Rhine, a French diplomacy failed and a political authority to the drift.
The war of 1870, has had a significant impact for decades to come. Its outbreak is the consequence of a decision point absurd as it is permitted by a governance...
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