Franco-Prussian War

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19th-century conflict war

The Franco-Prussian War was a major 1870–1871 conflict between the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia (and its German allies) that led to the collapse of Napoleon III’s regime and the unification of Germany under Prussian leadership.

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Franco-Prussian War canonical 178
Franco-Prussian War era 2
Franco-Prussian War period 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
armistice Armistice of Versailles (1871) ⓘ
belligerent French Third Republic ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Baden ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Kingdom of Württemberg ⓘ
North German Confederation ⓘ
Second Empire of France ⓘ
surface form: Second French Empire
casualties over 180000 military dead on both sides (approximate) ⓘ
cause Bismarck’s policy of German unification ⓘ
Ems Dispatch crisis ⓘ
French fear of Prussian power ⓘ
Hohenzollern candidacy to the Spanish throne ⓘ
conflictBetween French Third Republic ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

North German Confederation ⓘ
Second Empire of France ⓘ
surface form: Second French Empire

southern Germany ⓘ
surface form: South German states
endDate 1871-05-10 ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to tensions leading to World War I ⓘ
key step in German unification ⓘ
location Alsace ⓘ
France ⓘ
German states ⓘ
Lorraine ⓘ
majorBattle Battle of Gravelotte ⓘ
Battle of Wörth ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Mars-la-Tour

Battle of Sedan (1870) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Sedan

Battle of Spicheren ⓘ
Battle of Wissembourg ⓘ
Battle of Wörth ⓘ
Siege of Metz ⓘ
Siege of Paris ⓘ
militaryCommander Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot ⓘ
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder ⓘ
Léon Gambetta ⓘ
Patrice de MacMahon ⓘ
opponent Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon III

Otto von Bismarck ⓘ
partOf German unification wars ⓘ
peaceTreaty Treaty of Frankfurt ⓘ
politicalConsequence proclamation of German Empire in Hall of Mirrors at Versailles ⓘ
rise of German militarism ⓘ
weakening of France’s position in Europe ⓘ
result German unification under Prussian leadership ⓘ
Treaty of Frankfurt ⓘ
cession of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany ⓘ
collapse of Second French Empire ⓘ
decisive Prussian and German victory ⓘ
establishment of French Third Republic ⓘ
long-term French revanchism ⓘ
proclamation of German Empire ⓘ
startDate 1870-07-19 ⓘ

Referenced by (191)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Vatican Council → reasonForInterruption → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
French colonial empire → significantEvent → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
French Army → engagedIn → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi → servedIn → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Kingdom of Württemberg → event → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Pour le Mérite → usedInConflict → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Franco‑Prussian War
Iron Cross 2nd Class → campaign → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
eastern France → historicalEvent → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern France
Prussia → event → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
German General Staff → activeDuring → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Paul von Hindenburg → conflict → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Alsace → changedSovereignty → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte → participatedIn → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
House of Savoy → playedRoleIn → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Latin Monetary Union → affectedBy → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
German Empire → participantIn → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Otto von Bismarck → participatedIn → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
French Third Republic → predecessorEvent → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
French Third Republic → participatedIn → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
French Foreign Legion → historicalEngagement → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Concert of Europe → weakenedBy → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Emperor of the French → associatedWithEvent → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Erich Raeder → conflict → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Second Empire of France → participatedIn → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
subject surface form: Second French Empire
1st Infantry Regiment → participatedIn → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Papal States → event → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse → participatedIn → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Letters to a Frenchman on the Present Crisis → writtenDuring → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Imperial German Army → engagedIn → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Lion of Belfort → commemorates → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Lion of Belfort → significantEvent → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871
Prussian Army → engagedIn → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Iron Cross → usedInConflict → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
French Fusiliers Marins → notableEngagement → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Grand Cross of the Iron Cross → conflict → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Franco-German reconciliation → hasHistoricalBackground → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
King of Württemberg → participatedIn → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Austro-Prussian War → followedBy → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Médaille militaire → usedInConflict → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Prussian Order of the Crown → usedInConflict → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Mother's Day for Peace proclamation → historicalContext → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Franco-Prussian War period
French Empire → participatedIn → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Alsace-Lorraine → associatedWithConflict → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Fort du Portalet → usedDuringConflict → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Marine Troops (Troupes de marine) → engagedIn → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
subject surface form: Troupes de marine
Foreign Legion → historicalConflict → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
William I, German Emperor → significantEvent → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
La Débâcle → setInPeriod → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
La Débâcle → depictsEvent → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
House of Hohenzollern → associatedWithEvent → Franco-Prussian War ⓘ