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Franco-Prussian War
[frang-koh pruhsh-uhn]
noun
the war between France and Prussia, 1870–71.
Franco-Prussian War
noun
the war of 1870–71 between France and Prussia culminating in the fall of the French Second Empire and the founding of the German empire
Example Sentences
He went on: “I mean, I knew he didn’t know who Bismarck was, or about the Franco-Prussian War. I said, ‘Do you mean the kaiser’s generals?
First Division reached the hills overlooking Sedan, then moved aside to allow the French Army the honor of capturing the city, the site of a French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.
Impressionism would not have taken the form it did without the Franco-Prussian War and the civil war inside Paris of 1870-71.
In a sign of his patriotism, he volunteered for the National Guard during the Franco-Prussian War before assuming the directorship of the Paris Conservatory in 1871.
But after military surgeons in France and Germany used the methods successfully during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, Lister's approach gained acceptance in Europe.
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