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German Armies 1870-71 (1) - Prussia

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Type: Softcover

Product Line: Men-at-Arms - 1800 - 1900 A.D.

MSRP old price: $19.00


Product Info

Title
German Armies 1870-71 (1) - Prussia
Publisher
Category
Author
Michael Solka
Publish Year
2004
Pages
48
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147397249
MFG. Part #
OSPMAA416
Type
Softcover
Series
MAA416

Description

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, and the intolerable humiliation it inflicted upon France, ensured that an even more destructive war was soon inevitable. This, the first of two titles, lists and illustrates the units of Prussia and her North German Confederation, the powerhouse of a formidable military machine.