Prussia defeated France in 1871.
After the Franco-Prussian war in 1871 Prussia was able to unite Germany, which existed before that out of many small states, into one major empire .
The Franco-Prussian war resulted in the following: 1. The defeat and fall of the French Empire of Napoleon the Third and the advent of the Second French Republic. 2. The proclamation of the German Empire under the king of Prussia; 3. The annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, after the final defeat of the French Republican Army 4. The stipulation of the Treaty of Peace.
The Franco-Prussian war (1870-71) was provoked by the French emperor Napoleon III to declare war when the Prussian chancellor Bismarck placed a German candidate for the vacant Spanish throne.
The Austro-Prussian War joined together the north German states. After Prussia won the Franco-Prussian War, the peace treaty declared the unification of Germany.
Prussia defeated France in 1871.
The Franco -Prussian War ended on May 10, 1871. In the war a coalition of German states led by Prussia defeated France.
Franco-Prussian War
After the Franco-Prussian war in 1871 Prussia was able to unite Germany, which existed before that out of many small states, into one major empire .
Germany (Prussia) and France declared war on each other in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871.
The Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871.
The Franco -Prussian War ended on May 10, 1871. In the war a coalition of German states led by Prussia defeated France.
The Franco-Prussian War in 1870-1871 led to the creation of the German state. It concluded with the defeat of France by Prussia and its allies, resulting in the unification of various German states into the German Empire, with Wilhelm I of Prussia being proclaimed as Kaiser.
The Franco-Prussian war resulted in the following: 1. The defeat and fall of the French Empire of Napoleon the Third and the advent of the Second French Republic. 2. The proclamation of the German Empire under the king of Prussia; 3. The annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, after the final defeat of the French Republican Army 4. The stipulation of the Treaty of Peace.
The Franco-Prussian war (1870-71) was provoked by the French emperor Napoleon III to declare war when the Prussian chancellor Bismarck placed a German candidate for the vacant Spanish throne.
The Austro-Prussian War joined together the north German states. After Prussia won the Franco-Prussian War, the peace treaty declared the unification of Germany.
So far as I know, Germany's colours in the Great War were black, white, and red, which were the colours of Prussia. Imperial Germany as it was in 1914 had come into being from the consolidation of the various German states by Prussia under the "Iron Chancellor" Otto von Bismarck after the Prussian victory over France in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71. The various iterations of the German flag from 1914-1918 seem always to have included black, white and red, in addition to Maltese crosses, eagles and other decoration, sometimes in gold.