With two excellent studies of the 1870-1871 Franco-German War already available, Sir Michael Howard's venerable classic Franco-Prussian War: The German Invasion of France 1870-1871, Revised Edition ...

The Franco-Prussian war was ended on 10th May ... was officially recognised as Emperor (Kaiser) of the German Empire ...

The Second Reich The German Empire, which existed from 1871 to 1918, is known as the Second Reich. It was a nation-state that emerged after the Franco-Prussian War and was ruled by the Prussian ...