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In the collective historical memory of the Germans, the war of 1870/71 has been almost completely eclipsed by the memory of the world wars. Yet even today, Bismarck statues, Weissenburg streets, Sedan squares, monuments with roaring lions, laurel wreaths and "Iron Crosses" still dominate the public space of many German towns and villages. The book draws a panorama of the war from the perspective of the "little people" and the "great leaders". It makes complicated contexts understandable and, above all, brings people and their history back to life. Thus, many contemporary witnesses accompany the reader: kings, high military officers, simple soldiers, nurses, painters, clergymen, diplomats, social theorists, journalists and literary figures.
In July 1870, hundreds of thousands of people set out for a war that would change the map of Europe. Some of them expect adventure, others are worried about their lives or the future of their families, but most of the men on both sides are simply doing what they think is their duty. The Franco-Prussian War of 1870 to 1871, as the last of the three so-called "wars of unification", rounds off the bloody path to the founding of the German nation state. Deliberately provoked by Otto von Bismarck, Napoleon III's second empire declared war on Prussia. But the Prussian military power, together with its allies - from Bavaria, Württemberg and Baden, among others - defeats the troops of the empire in major battles. This war is fought by both sides with extreme brutality and in many respects it already refers to the mechanised and nationalistically charged horror of the First World War. For the founding of the German Empire and the Kaiser's proclamation in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, almost 200,000 people die by the end of the war.
In July 1870, hundreds of thousands of people set out for a war that would change the map of Europe. Some of them expect adventure, others are worried about their lives or the future of their families, but most of the men on both sides are simply doing what they think is their duty. The Franco-Prussian War of 1870 to 1871, as the last of the three so-called "wars of unification", rounds off the bloody path to the founding of the German nation state. Deliberately provoked by Otto von Bismarck, Napoleon III's second empire declared war on Prussia. But the Prussian military power, together with its allies - from Bavaria, Württemberg and Baden, among others - defeats the troops of the empire in major battles. This war is fought by both sides with extreme brutality and in many respects it already refers to the mechanised and nationalistically charged horror of the First World War. For the founding of the German Empire and the Kaiser's proclamation in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, almost 200,000 people die by the end of the war.
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- Books (first-hand)
- Author
- Arand, Tobias
- Title
- "Welche Siege, welche Verluste". Die Geschichte des Deutsch-Französischen Krieges 1870/71 erzählt in Einzelschicksalen
- Details
- Individual bw-illustr. 692 pp.
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