Tag: Franco-Prussian War
‘Francs-tireurs’ – Meet the French Resistance of the 1870 Franco-Prussian War
Published Date: 10 February, 2017
“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…
Damned Lies – Nine Wars Started Under False Pretexts
Published Date: 15 July, 2015
“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…
Filmmaker Explores Smallpox and the Franco Prussian War
Published Date: 14 January, 2015
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]…