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The Prussian-dominated North German Confederation had recently emerged victorious in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, which led to the questioning of France's status as the dominant power of continental Europe. With a declaration of war by the French parliament on 16 July 1870, Imperial France soon faced a series of defeats at German hands over ...
This is a list of conflicts in Europe ordered chronologically, including wars between European states, civil wars within European states, wars between a European state and a non-European state that took place within Europe, militarized interstate disputes, and global conflicts in which Europe was a theatre of war.
The French more than tripled their forces during the war, while the Germans did not increase theirs as much; the number of 888,000 mobilized by the North German Union in August increased by only 2% after 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 months, and by the end of the war, six months later, only by 15%, which did not even balance the losses incurred. Prussia was ...
French entry into World War I: Germany declared war on France. 1918: 11 November: World War I: The first armistice at Compiègne was signed between France and Germany, ending the Great War. France regained Alsace-Lorraine. 1923: January: Beginning of Franco-Belgian occupation of the Ruhr. 1924: 13 June: Gaston Doumergue began his term as ...
The German Luftwaffe ceased bombardment of Dunkirk. 5 June: The second part of the Battle of France began with the Germans striking south from the River Somme. 9 June: German forces launched an offensive on Paris. 10 June: Norway surrendered to German forces and Italy joined the war by declaring war on France and Great Britain.
Following Charlemagne and the breakdown of the Frankish Empire due to civil war and ceaseless Viking incursions, the larger and more logistically difficult to maintain infantry-based armies were abandoned in favor of cavalry supplemented by an improvement in armor: leather and steel, steel helmets, coats of mail, and even full armor added to ...
The Battle of Malakoff (1855) during the Crimean War, by Horace Vernet (1858) List of battles involving France, Francia and the Franks may refer to: Entire pre-987 wars involving the Franks and Francia, see List of wars involving Francia. Specific pre-987 battles involving the Franks and Francia, see List of battles involving the Franks and ...
The idea of a Franco-German federation was a proposed merger between France and Germany after the end of World War II. The idea was promoted by French politician Robert Schuman in his declaration on May 9, 1950, which is now celebrated as Europe Day.