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 ...

A rare book found in the RUSI Library of Military History reveals early photographs depicting scenes and the aftermath of the Battle of Sedan. By Carlo Dumontet, Associate Library Fellow This month, ...

This year marks 150 years since the Irish College in Paris was turned upside down by the Franco-Prussian War. It all began when the French Second Empire, under Emperor Napoleon III, declared war on ...

Mediapart révèle le contenu de deux audits qui viennent d’être conduits sur les opérations internationales financées par le syndicat d’assainissement des eaux en Île-de-France. Où est passé l’argent ?

On October 7, 1870, one of those minor, anecdotal episodes that pepper History amidst greater events took place. A hydrogen balloon named Armand-Barbès lifted off from Paris, setting out towards Tours ...

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All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Pride of Nations: The Franco-Prussian War 1870 This scenario covers the longest and bloodiest war in Europe during the 19th century. During this time, we ...

An exhibition at the Musée Bourdelle reveals the process behind its namesake’s beguiling monument to veterans of the Franco-Prussian War. Already a member? Sign in here. We rely on readers like you to ...

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Pp. xvi, 327. Illus., maps, notes, biblio., index. $35.00. ISBN:0-521-58436-1 An insightful account of one of perhaps the most critical European war of the ...

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 ...