German Armies 1870-71 (1): Prussia

by Michael Solka

Book Overview

The crushing victory by Prussia and her German allies in the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-71, destroyed one empire and created another. It finally unified the German states into an empire under Prussian leadership - an empire proclaimed in the very halls of captured Versailles. In 1870 Prussia's reformed mobilization system put enormous armies into the field with unprecedented efficiency. The confidence which the victory encouraged among German militarists,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841767549
• ISBN13: 9781841767543
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.2" x 9.7"