In terms of military theory and practice, students of the war concluded that German success was due to the “Prussian general staff” model of organization, which was ultimately adopted by all the ...

The Franco-Prussian War didn’t just redraw borders - it ended the Second French Empire and launched the rise of a unified ...

With two excellent studies of the 1870-1871 Franco-German War already available, Sir Michael Howard's venerable classic Franco-Prussian War: The German Invasion of France 1870-1871, Revised Edition ...

SEPTEMBER 2 1ST, 1870: Modern war reporting is usually dated from Irish journalist William Russell’s reports for the Times from… ...

Michael Howard's account of the Franco-Prussian War, published in 1961, was so definitive that it seemed to deter others from telling the same story. Wawro has at last taken up the challenge, drawing ...

Franco-Prussian War of 1870 stirred nationalist passions in Idaho By Arthur Hart. Special to the Idaho Statesman. Updated May 28, 2016 11:43 PM.

The Franco-Prussian War of 1870 was 5,000 miles away from Idaho, but it echoed in Boise and Idaho City, as Germans closely watched the war, and then celebrated. Some even went to Europe to fight.