Franco-Prussian War

[ frang-koh pruhsh-uhn ]

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Franco-Prussian War

the war of 1870–71 between France and Prussia culminating in the fall of the French Second Empire and the founding of the German empire

I had some letters from Koch that were a goldmine for the book—his letters from the front during the Franco-Prussian War.

The Franco-Prussian War was in progress, and this travesty was particularly timely.

A change for the better seemed to have come for the little kingdom as a result of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.

In the first letter on the Franco-Prussian War, ante, p. 34.

There was a limited use of armor in the Franco-Prussian War.

But he did not finish his course, for in 1870 the Franco-Prussian War broke out.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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