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100 1 _aHooper, George,
_d1824-1890
245 1 4 _aThe Campaign of Sedan: The Downfall of the Second Empire, August-September 1870
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2017
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2017-06-01
508 _aE-text prepared by Brian Coe, David Tipple, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)
520 _a"The Campaign of Sedan: The Downfall of the Second Empire, August-September 1870" by George Hooper is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work focuses on the significant military engagements during the Franco-Prussian War, particularly the battles that led to the fall of Napoleon III and the Second French Empire. It aims to provide an insightful narrative of the events leading up to Sedan and their historical impact. The opening of the book sets the stage for the conflict by highlighting the political landscape of Europe during the late 1860s, revealing the tensions between France and the newly unified Germany under Prussian leadership. It introduces key historical figures involved in these events, such as Napoleon III and Otto von Bismarck, while outlining the critical miscalculations and diplomatic maneuvers that contributed to the outbreak of war. Hooper discusses France's declining military power and the rise of a unified Germany as a formidable force, framing the eventual Battle of Sedan as a pivotal moment that reshaped European geopolitics. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aFranco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
653 _aSedan Campaign, 1870
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54823
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