Franco-Prussian War

This war, was a conflict between Francia and Prussia, the first modern war in europe. The cause of the conflict was the determination of the Prussian statesman Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck to unify Germany under Prussian control and, as a step toward this goal, to eliminate French influence over Germany. 

Otto von Bismarck was one the greatest diplomats in history. Bismarck was The Prime Minister of Prussia, he was determined to unite the German states into a single empire. All he wanted to do was to unify the German states and his main priority was to help Prussia have one of the most powerful and greatest army in all of Europe, which he accomplished.  He tricked France into declaring war on Prussia and he took some territories and ordered for France to pay certain quantity of money to Germany. 

The Franco-Prussian war resulted in the defeat and fall of the French Empire of Napoleon the Third and the advent of the Second French Republic also it was the end of Napoleon’s 3rd empire and so it started the third republic. It accomplished the unification of Italy.

During this war there were different types of guns used. Some of them affected drastically the advantage between countries. The Germans invented the Dreyse, it was heavy and had gas problems which affect for bad the aiming. Also the rifles gave advantage because they were faster and produced greater damage, and mitrailleuse lasted more in combat so they had more advantage.

There are different types of weapons The needle guns that it is a firearm and has a needlelike firing pin and it can pass through paper cartridge case to strike a percussion cap at the bullet base. A breech-loading weapon and muzzle-loading weapon are kind of different.  A breech-loading weapon is a firearm in which the cartridge or shell is inserted or loaded at the rear of the barrel. The muzzle weapons are charged from the open end of the barrel. 

The commune Paris it was Paris against French government. was a revolutionary andsocialist government that briefly ruled Paris. During the period of the Commune it was a time of great suffering because of the Social and economic life was depressing. Living circumstances and there were rumors of a civil war coming.