What do you know about the Franco-Prussian War and Treaty of Frankfurt?
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The Franco-Prussian War was a war between France and Prussia. Some German allies of Prussia also joined. This war was provoked by Otto Von Bismarck, the Prussian Chancellor. He wanted to unite Germans by making them fight together against a common enemy. Bismarck did this by irritating the Emperor of France, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (Napoleon III). The war started when France declared war on 19 July 1870. It ended on 10 May 1871. Prussia won.
Established the frontier between the French Third Republic and the German Empire, which involved the ceding of 1,694 villages and cities under French control to Germany in:
Alsace: the French departments of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin, except for the city of Belfort and its territory;
Lorraine: the French department of Moselle, one-third of the department of Meurthe, including the cities of Château-Salins and Sarrebourg, and the cantons Saales and Schirmeck in the department of Vosges.
Ceded areas.
Elsaß-Lothringen.
Gave residents of the Alsace-Lorraine region until 1 October 1872 to decide between keeping their French nationality and emigrating, or remaining in the region and becoming German citizens.
Set a framework for the withdrawal of German troops from certain areas.
Regulated the payment of France's war indemnity of five billion francs (due within five years).
Recognized the acceptance of Wilhelm I of Prussia as German Emperor.
Required military occupation in parts of France until the indemnity was paid (France paid the indemnity quicker than agreed time).
The treaty also established the terms for the following:
The use of navigable waterways in connection to Alsace-Lorraine
Trade between the two countries
The return of prisoners of war
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Franco-German War, also called Franco-Prussian War, (July 19, 1870–May 10, 1871), war in which a coalition of German states led by Prussia defeated France. The war marked the end of French hegemony in continental Europe and resulted in the creation of a unified Germany.
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