Franko - prusskaia voina - Khovard Maikl

The British military historian and professor of the University of Oxford devoted his work to the military conflict between the empire of Napoleon III and the German states led by Prussia. The war, provoked by the Prussian Chancellor O. Bismarck and formally initiated by Napoleon III, ended with the defeat and collapse of France, as a result of which Prussia managed to transform the North German Union into a unified German Empire. While working on the book, the author researched and attracted a tremendous amount of scientific and documentary material and offered his view on the causes and consequences of this war. Howard analyzed the state of enemy troops, including structure, armament and equipment, gave a vivid description of the battles and presented a gallery of portraits of key figures of events, among them William I, Bismarck, Leopold Hohenzollern, Benedetti and others. In conclusion, the scientist notes that the great victory of Germany subsequently turned into a disaster, both for itself and for the rest of the world.