The German coalition mobilised its troops much more effectively than the French and invaded northeastern France on 4 August. On 16 July 1870, the French parliament voted to declare war on Prussia France invaded German territory on 2 August. įrance mobilised its army on 15 July 1870, leading the North German Confederation to respond with its own mobilisation later that day. All agree that Bismarck recognized the potential for new German alliances, given the situation as a whole. According to some historians, Prussian chancellor Otto von Bismarck deliberately provoked the French into declaring war on Prussia in order to induce four independent southern German states- Baden, Württemberg, Bavaria and Hesse-Darmstadt-to join the North German Confederation other historians contend that Bismarck exploited the circumstances as they unfolded. Lasting from 19 July 1870 to 28 January 1871, the conflict was caused primarily by France's determination to reassert its dominant position in continental Europe, which appeared in question following the decisive Prussian victory over Austria in 1866. The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia.
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