- Audiobook
- 2022
- 4 hrs 17 mins
- Osprey Publishing
- History
Title
The Franco-Prussian War
Description
Bloomsbury presents The Franco-Prussian War by Stephen Badsey, read by Ric Jerrom.
This is an introduction to the Franco-Prussian War, a war that marked the beginning of the creation of modern Europe.
The Franco-Prussian War started in 1870 when Otto von Bismarck engineered a war with the French Second Empire under Napoleon III, as part of his plan to unite Prussia with the southern German states as a new Germany. Stephen Badsey examines the build-up, battles, and impact of the war, which was an overwhelming Prussian victory with massive consequences. The French Second Empire collapsed, Napoleon III became an exile in Britain, and King Wilhelm I was proclaimed Emperor of the new united Germany. In the peace settlement that followed, Germany gained the eastern French provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, areas that were to provide a bone of contention for years to come.
Updated for the new edition with revisions from the author, this is an accessible introduction to the largest and most important war fought in Europe between the age of Napoleon and the First World War.
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The Franco-Prussian War
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EN
ISBN Audio:
9781472852106
Publication date:
January 19, 2022
Keywords:
Second EmpireNapoleon IIIPrussiaKaiser Wilhelm IBismarckMoltkeThird RepublicGerman unificationAlsaceLorrainebattle of WissembourgParis CommuneCommunardsbattle of Spicherenbattle of Wörthbattle of Mars-La-Tourbattle of Gravelottesiege of Metzbattle of SedanGovernment of National Defencesiege of ParisFranceillustratedIntroductionshort history
Duration
4 hrs 17 mins
Product type
AUDIO
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Explicit:
No
Audio drama:
No
Unabridged:
Yes
About the author:
Stephen Badsey PhD MA (Cantab.) FRHistS is Professor of Conflict Studies at the University of Wolverhampton. He has previously held positions at the Imperial War Museum London, at the BBC, on the academic staff of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and at other institutions. He has published widely on military subjects ranging from the Crimean War to the future of warfare, and has made frequent contributions as a historian for television and other media.
