German Armies 1870–71 (1)

Prussia

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German Armies 1870–71 (1)

Prussia

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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.

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Introduction · Chronology · Orders of battle · Ranks and distinctions · Uniforms & Equipment: Officers' uniforms, generalities · Staff command guards · Line cavalry · Line infantry · Artillery · Pioneers · Train · Medical · Reserve cavalry · Landwehr

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Published Aug 20 2004
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 48
ISBN 9781841767543
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 40 b/w; 8 col
Dimensions 10 x 7 inches
Series Men-at-Arms
Short code MAA 416
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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