‘Francs-tireurs’ – Meet the French Resistance of the 1870 Franco-Prussian War

“While the exploits of the resistance of World War Two have become the stuff of legend, history often forgets that French guerrillas mounted their own campaign against German occupiers a full 70 years before the…

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Damned Lies – Nine Wars Started Under False Pretexts

“The Tonkin Incident was not the only case of a major war being launched under dubious circumstances. Here are some other examples.” THE GULF OF of Tonkin Incident is remembered as the de facto beginning of full-scale American…

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Filmmaker Explores Smallpox and the Franco Prussian War

PRIOR TO THE 20th CENTURY, armies on campaign typically lost more men to disease than battle. Consider the following: During the Napoleonic Wars, 375,000 French soldiers died in combat, while more than 800,000 succumbed to illness.[1]…

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