Does anyone know any really good links about the Franco Prussian war of 1870-1871?

Question

I already tried wikipedia but that didn't work so don't tell me wikipedia. I need to go into detail like about tactics used, equipment, politics and ethical issues, pretty much the whole shebang. And the libraries around chicago didn't have anything. And I need both sides of the war, not just napoleon.

Answer 1

well here you go daddy-o.
hope this helps.
might check out needle guns as the prussians use of this weapon was considered a tactical factor in thier victory, even though later it proved to be dead end technologically speaking.also I believe the prussians had a more intelligent use of field artillery.

Answer 2

I too am interested in reading more in-depth material on the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 -71. I do know Henry Labouchere wrote a report for the British Daily News entitled 'The Siege of Paris', December 1870 - and the report was sent out by balloon.

Thanks to ingoespam and exnav138 for the really good links!

Answer 3

Well, that idiot Napoleon thought he was going to win the war, but he was wrong. He lost, and not only the war, also the empire.
It was a war for the dominant power in Europe. Prussia was growing in size, and becoming more powerful. Napoleon wanted to stop them in order to be himself the dominant country. He demanded of the king of Prussia that he would never allow any Prussian to become king of Spain. The king refused and Napoleon took this as a provocation, declaring war. But it was a pretext. Napoleon was already looking for a reason to declare war to Prussia.
Bismarck defeated Napoleon and then in Paris all of the Germanic kings proclaimed the German empire

Answer 4

How about these......

http://history-world.org/franco_prussian_war.htm

http://www.answers.com/topic/franco-prussian-war

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0819460.html

Hopefully these will help.