why did franco-prussian war ahappen? who cause? was it jews?

>>115063685

Germans never started any war, that's a fact

It could be jews, or Anglos, but for sure not Germans

>>115063685
The defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian War is the reason why the world is shit now.

Napoleon III was the savior of France en Europe.

France wanted to maintain Continental domination, but was not able to contain German industrial and military power. The German nation was always more numerous than the French, but was kept fractured by outside interests (France and the UK). This was a natural an inevitable process similar to the Italian unification, where the ulterior outside interests were represented by mainly by Hapsburg Austria and to a lesser extent France. Also, Napoleon III got played like a fiddle by Otto.

>>115064187
Also, it was in the Habsburgs' interests to keep Germany weak so they could dominate the HRE/German League or whatever. They got their shit pushed in 5 years earlier.

>>115064187
>The German nation was always more numerous than the French
Yes but not before the XIX century France was the China of Europe since the middle age.

>>115063685
Because results of the Plebiscite wre shit for napoleon in Paris, so he wanted a war to improve his personnal prestige, and also send to their death plenty of unhappy parisians

>>115064358
Germans were more numerous for most of the Middle ages, but about a third of them died 1618-1648. They needed some 170 years to replentish the number that could be sustained by their land (a similar amount of time needed to reach pre-black death levels all over Europe after the plague).

>>115064269
If only France and Austria were allied in this war.

>>115064358
Also yes, France was the dominant commercial and land power after the 100-years war. However, by ~1850 this was not the case anymore.

>>115064525
Otto's realpolitik at work there mate. If they were allied, there would probably have never been a war.

>>115063685
it was the jews

>>115064634
France dominated the continent until it tried to dominate the sea as well, which was impossible to do at the same time. Briatin kicked their shit in, que the revolution. France manages to reassert themselves on the continent under Napoleon I, takes all of Europe 20 years to kick their shit in.

Napoleonic France-Imperial Germany /Third reich is basically the same thing; one continental power trying to fuck up UK naval power, which allies itself with the other preeminent continetal power: France for WWI/WWII Germany and Prussia/Austria for Napoleon.

Perfide Albion.

>>115063685
If shits happen in Western Europe, always blame the eternal anglo.

>>115063881

germany good boi as always

>>115064686
This, Otto was a very good player. If Kaiser wilhelm was in charge Germany would have failed.

>>115064885

which jews

>>115066118
whichever, as long as i get to talk shit about jews

Bismarck baited the French into attacking

>>115063685
It was in bismarcks plan, to unite the remaining independent German states a war that threatened the German people was needed to justify unification. Bonaparte the third fell for the meme Germany was unified and the second French empire was ended. The third French Republic began and the German empire as we new it at the start of ww1 was born.

>>115065391

pretty decent way for all of europe to absolve itself of its own fuckups i agree