<Table> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Franco - Prussian War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the wars of German unification </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Clockwise from top left: Prussian infantry at the Battle of Spicheren; Jeanniot's 1886 La ligne de feu (Battle of Mars - La - Tour); Werner's depiction of the capitulation of Sedan; Neuville's 1873 Les dernières cartouches (Battle of Bazeilles). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 19 July 1870--28 January 1871 (6 months, 1 week and 2 days) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> France </Li> </Ul> and Rhine Province </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> German victory <Ul> <Li> Fall of the Second French Empire </Li> <Li> Formation of the French Third Republic </Li> <Li> Formation of the German Empire </Li> <Li> Treaty of Frankfurt </Li> <Li> German annexation of Alsace - Lorraine </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> French Empire </Td> <Td> North German Confederation <Ul> <Li> Prussia </Li> </Ul> <P> Baden Bavaria Württemberg </P> Hesse - Darmstadt </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> French Republic </Td> <Td> German Empire </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Napoleon III (POW) </Li> <Li> F.A. Bazaine (POW) </Li> <Li> Louis Jules Trochu </Li> <Li> Patrice de MacMahon (POW) </Li> <Li> Léon Gambetta </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> William I </Li> <Li> Otto von Bismarck </Li> <Li> Helmuth von Moltke </Li> <Li> Crown Prince Friedrich </Li> <Li> Prince Friedrich Karl </Li> <Li> Karl F. von Steinmetz </Li> <Li> Albrecht von Roon </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Total deployment: 2,000,740 Initially: 909,951 </P> <Ul> <Li> 492,585 active, including 300,000 reservists </Li> <Li> 417,366 Garde Mobile </Li> </Ul> Peak field army strength: 710,000 </Td> <Td> <P> Total deployment: 1,494,412 Initially: 938,424 </P> <Ul> <Li> 730,274 regulars and reservists </Li> <Li> 208,150 Landwehr </Li> </Ul> Peak field army strength: 949,337 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 756,285 </P> <Ul> <Li> 138,871 dead </Li> <Li> 143,000 wounded </Li> <Li> 474,414 captured or interned </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> 144,642 </P> <Ul> <Li> 17,585 killed in action </Li> <Li> 10,721 died of wounds </Li> <Li> 12,385 died from non-combat causes </Li> <Li> 4,009 missing and presumed dead </Li> <Li> 89,732 wounded </Li> <Li> 10,129 missing or captured </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Until 4 September 1870 . </Li> <Li> From 4 September 1870 . </Li> <Li> Leading member of the North German Confederation . </Li> <Li> From 18 January 1871 . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> Franco - Prussian War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Wissembourg </Li> <Li> Spicheren </Li> <Li> Wörth </Li> <Li> Borny--Colombey </Li> <Li> Strasbourg </Li> <Li> Toul </Li> <Li> Mars - la - Tour </Li> <Li> Gravelotte </Li> <Li> Metz </Li> <Li> Beaumont </Li> <Li> Noisseville </Li> <Li> Bazeilles </Li> <Li> Sedan </Li> <Li> Bellevue </Li> <Li> Coulmiers </Li> <Li> Havana </Li> <Li> Amiens </Li> <Li> Beaune - la - Rolande </Li> <Li> Villepion </Li> <Li> Loigny et Poupry </Li> <Li> Orléans </Li> <Li> Beaugency </Li> <Li> Hallue </Li> <Li> Bapaume </Li> <Li> Villersexel </Li> <Li> Le Mans </Li> <Li> Lisaine </Li> <Li> St. Quentin </Li> <Li> Paris </Li> <Li> Belfort </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Belgian reaction </Li> <Li> Paris Commune </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Franco - Prussian War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the wars of German unification </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Clockwise from top left: Prussian infantry at the Battle of Spicheren; Jeanniot's 1886 La ligne de feu (Battle of Mars - La - Tour); Werner's depiction of the capitulation of Sedan; Neuville's 1873 Les dernières cartouches (Battle of Bazeilles). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 19 July 1870--28 January 1871 (6 months, 1 week and 2 days) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> France </Li> </Ul> and Rhine Province </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> German victory <Ul> <Li> Fall of the Second French Empire </Li> <Li> Formation of the French Third Republic </Li> <Li> Formation of the German Empire </Li> <Li> Treaty of Frankfurt </Li> <Li> German annexation of Alsace - Lorraine </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> French Empire </Td> <Td> North German Confederation <Ul> <Li> Prussia </Li> </Ul> <P> Baden Bavaria Württemberg </P> Hesse - Darmstadt </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> French Republic </Td> <Td> German Empire </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Napoleon III (POW) </Li> <Li> F.A. Bazaine (POW) </Li> <Li> Louis Jules Trochu </Li> <Li> Patrice de MacMahon (POW) </Li> <Li> Léon Gambetta </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> William I </Li> <Li> Otto von Bismarck </Li> <Li> Helmuth von Moltke </Li> <Li> Crown Prince Friedrich </Li> <Li> Prince Friedrich Karl </Li> <Li> Karl F. von Steinmetz </Li> <Li> Albrecht von Roon </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Total deployment: 2,000,740 Initially: 909,951 </P> <Ul> <Li> 492,585 active, including 300,000 reservists </Li> <Li> 417,366 Garde Mobile </Li> </Ul> Peak field army strength: 710,000 </Td> <Td> <P> Total deployment: 1,494,412 Initially: 938,424 </P> <Ul> <Li> 730,274 regulars and reservists </Li> <Li> 208,150 Landwehr </Li> </Ul> Peak field army strength: 949,337 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 756,285 </P> <Ul> <Li> 138,871 dead </Li> <Li> 143,000 wounded </Li> <Li> 474,414 captured or interned </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> 144,642 </P> <Ul> <Li> 17,585 killed in action </Li> <Li> 10,721 died of wounds </Li> <Li> 12,385 died from non-combat causes </Li> <Li> 4,009 missing and presumed dead </Li> <Li> 89,732 wounded </Li> <Li> 10,129 missing or captured </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Until 4 September 1870 . </Li> <Li> From 4 September 1870 . </Li> <Li> Leading member of the North German Confederation . </Li> <Li> From 18 January 1871 . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Franco - Prussian War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the wars of German unification </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Clockwise from top left: Prussian infantry at the Battle of Spicheren; Jeanniot's 1886 La ligne de feu (Battle of Mars - La - Tour); Werner's depiction of the capitulation of Sedan; Neuville's 1873 Les dernières cartouches (Battle of Bazeilles). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 19 July 1870--28 January 1871 (6 months, 1 week and 2 days) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> France </Li> </Ul> and Rhine Province </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> German victory <Ul> <Li> Fall of the Second French Empire </Li> <Li> Formation of the French Third Republic </Li> <Li> Formation of the German Empire </Li> <Li> Treaty of Frankfurt </Li> <Li> German annexation of Alsace - Lorraine </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> French Empire </Td> <Td> North German Confederation <Ul> <Li> Prussia </Li> </Ul> <P> Baden Bavaria Württemberg </P> Hesse - Darmstadt </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> French Republic </Td> <Td> German Empire </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Napoleon III (POW) </Li> <Li> F.A. Bazaine (POW) </Li> <Li> Louis Jules Trochu </Li> <Li> Patrice de MacMahon (POW) </Li> <Li> Léon Gambetta </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> William I </Li> <Li> Otto von Bismarck </Li> <Li> Helmuth von Moltke </Li> <Li> Crown Prince Friedrich </Li> <Li> Prince Friedrich Karl </Li> <Li> Karl F. von Steinmetz </Li> <Li> Albrecht von Roon </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Total deployment: 2,000,740 Initially: 909,951 </P> <Ul> <Li> 492,585 active, including 300,000 reservists </Li> <Li> 417,366 Garde Mobile </Li> </Ul> Peak field army strength: 710,000 </Td> <Td> <P> Total deployment: 1,494,412 Initially: 938,424 </P> <Ul> <Li> 730,274 regulars and reservists </Li> <Li> 208,150 Landwehr </Li> </Ul> Peak field army strength: 949,337 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 756,285 </P> <Ul> <Li> 138,871 dead </Li> <Li> 143,000 wounded </Li> <Li> 474,414 captured or interned </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> 144,642 </P> <Ul> <Li> 17,585 killed in action </Li> <Li> 10,721 died of wounds </Li> <Li> 12,385 died from non-combat causes </Li> <Li> 4,009 missing and presumed dead </Li> <Li> 89,732 wounded </Li> <Li> 10,129 missing or captured </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Until 4 September 1870 . </Li> <Li> From 4 September 1870 . </Li> <Li> Leading member of the North German Confederation . </Li> <Li> From 18 January 1871 . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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