The Second Empire ended with the swift and catastrophic defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. The war was engineered by Bismarck with the idea that Germany would be united.This included the capture by the Prussians of the Napoleon III. Then the proclamation at Versailles of the German Empire, the loss to France of Alsace and Lorraine, and the proclamation of the Third Republic.
The Austrian-Hungarian Empire, The German Empire*, The Ottoman Empire, and The Kingdom of Bulgaria. * The German Empire also included her imperial colonies which included German East Africa, German South West Africa, and the northern part of modern day Papa New Guinea.
The German Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire.
Austrian-Hungarian Empire, The German Empire, and the Ottoman Empire were the main Central Powers.
The Austrian Empire was associated with having control of Eastern Europe.
The Franco-Prussian War in 1870-1871 led to the creation of the German state. It concluded with the defeat of France by Prussia and its allies, resulting in the unification of various German states into the German Empire, with Wilhelm I of Prussia being proclaimed as Kaiser.
Firstly, the (second) German Empire was proclaimed in 1871 (following the Franco-Prussian war) and secondly, what are the options?
NO. The German Empire (led by the Prussians) were the unambiguous winners.
Alpenkorps - German Empire - was created in 1915.
It was taken by the German Empire at the end of the Franco-Prussian War.
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The establishment of the German empire began in 1871. During the Franco - Prussian war, four southern states agreed to unification with Prussia. In January of 1871, at Vesailles, Bismarck proclaimed William I as the emperor or " Kaiser" of the new German empire.
XIV Corps - German Empire - was created in 1871.
XVIII Corps - German Empire - was created in 1899.
the southern German states had agreed to enter the north German confederation. on January 18, 1871, Bismarck and six hundred German princes, nobles, and generals filled the hall of mirrors in the palace of Versailles's, 12 miles outside Paris's. William I of Prussia was proclaimed kaiser, or emperor, of the second German empire. German unity had been achieved by the Prussian monarchy and the Prussian army. The authoritarian and militaristic values of Prussia were triumphant in the new German state.
West Prussia was a province of the German Empire until 1918, when some parts were given to Poland, and 1945, when its totality was included in Poland.
In January 1871 the German Empire was proclaimed in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles during the Franco-Prussian War.