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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.Very well and I too look forward to this debate. The Franco-Prussian War: the German conquest of France in 1870-1871. The Franco-Prussian War: Its Causes, Incidents, and Consequences.

Hozier, Henry Montague and Adams, William Henry Davenport.

The Franco-Prussian War: The German Invasion of France, 1870-1871. Bismarck and the German Empire, 1871-1918. The portion annexed of Alsace-Lorraine was later reduced at the Treaty of Frankfurt, allowing France to retain the Territory of Belfort. Bismarck opposed the annexation because he did not wish to make Germany a permanent enemy of France. Despite Bismarck's objections, Moltke and his generals insisted that the territory was necessary as a defensive barrier. Preliminary discussion began on the cession of Alsace and the Moselle region of Lorraine, to Germany. The treaty also recognized Wilhelm I as the Kaiser of the newly united German Empire. The German army would continue to occupy parts of France until the payment was complete. The terms of the treaty included a war indemnity of five billion francs to be paid by France to Germany. Both sides were eager to sign a treaty by the beginning of February 1871. He was also wary of drawing attention from other European nations, fearing that they might be moved to intervene if the new German state appeared power-hungry. He was concerned that further violence would render more German casualties and draw French resentment.

The new German command structure wanted to sign a peace treaty to gain France's colonial possessions however, Bismarck opted for an immediate truce as his primary reason for war, German unification, had already been accomplished.

King Wilhelm I of Prussia was declared Kaiser of the newly created empire in the Hall of Mirrors in the Versailles Palace. While the French government deteriorated, Bismarck succeeded in achieving German Unification on Janucreating the German Empire. Statesmen evacuated to establish offices in Bordeaux and Tours, which left French government officials unable to communicate, further upsetting the structure of the state and weakening the government. The Government of National Defense served as an interim governing body before the Third Republic could hold elections, and received unfavorable responses from Parisians as it was unable to break the siege. This caused the collapse of Louis Napoleon's empire, which was replaced by the French Third Republic in 1870. In the first few months of 1871, German forces experienced several great military successes against the struggling French government, including the capture of the current French emperor, Louis Napoleon of the French Second Empire, at the Battle of Sedan.