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Name: Franco-Prussian War
Type: Event
Start: 1870
End: 1873
Parents: German Unification Wars
Children: Cession of Alsace-Lorraine, French Army incursion, German Invasion (Franco-Prussian War), German Withdrawal (Treaty of Frankfurt of 1871), Paris Commune, Unification of Germany (1871), War of the Government of National Defence
Franco-Prussian War: All Data
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Was a war that saw the Second French Empire fight against an alliance of German states led by the Kingdom of Prussia. The war was caused by the struggle over dominance in continental Europe between Prussia and France. The German states were victorious and in 1871 merged to form the German Empire. France was occupied and forced to cede Alsace-Lorraine to Germany.