Nowadays, the flag represents a tradition of ... The victory over France in the Franco-Prussian War (1870/1871) led to the founding of the German Empire. The colors of Prussia, white and black ...

With two excellent studies of the 1870-1871 Franco-German War already available ... FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR 1870-71 VOLUME 1, THE: The Campaign Of Sedan. Helmuth Von Moltke And The Overthrow Of The Second ...

ISBN:0-521-58436-1 An insightful account of one of perhaps the most critical European war of the period between the Waterloo and the “Guns of August,” which brought about the collapse of the French ...