Good Sources on the Franco-Prussian War?

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Good Sources on the Franco-Prussian War?

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Post by jluetjen » 29 Apr 2015, 02:43

Any good web-sites or sources for this era? It doesn't seem to be covered much -- especially compared to the US Civil war which occurred less than 10 years earlier, and WWI which followed it by 44 years. There are a few Google Books on the subject from around that era. For example, I was able to find only one YouTube documentary discussing it.

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Post by Felix C » 05 May 2015, 01:34

Day of Battle is a great read.

http://www.amazon.com/DAY-BATTLE-Mars-L ... 1841581216

Michael Howard's book was the standard in my day.

http://www.amazon.com/Franco-Prussian-W ... ussian+war

I have another one on the experience Myth and Reality of War I think it was.
Let me find the title.


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Post by Felix C » 07 May 2015, 23:56

http://www.amazon.com/Reality-War-Franc ... +1870-1871

above is the book. Too late to edit previous post

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Re: Good Sources on the Franco-Prussian War?

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Post by AJFFM » 14 Jun 2015, 20:30

Geoffrey Wawro book is excellent although he does not expand too much beyond the Siege of Paris:
http://www.amazon.com/Franco-Prussian-W ... frey+Wawro

Moltke's account is also interesting:

https://archive.org/details/francogermanwar00fiscgoog

You can download the pdf version above.

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Post by James A Pratt III » 18 Jun 2015, 17:35

Add to the above:

Quintin Barry 2 volume The Franco-Prussian War

Osprey has a number of books on this war.

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Post by jluetjen » 21 Jun 2015, 21:52

Thanks!

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Re: Good Sources on the Franco-Prussian War?

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Post by Sheldrake » 22 Jun 2015, 02:06

Try Phil Sheriden's account re Gravelotte and Sedan http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Sedan.html

and the full text of one of the contemporary histories
https://archive.org/stream/francogerman ... g_djvu.txt

There are also accounts from British observers with both sides in the RUSI journal.

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Post by James A Pratt III » 03 Jul 2015, 00:40

There is also "The Siege of Paris' by Robert Baldick

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Post by James A Pratt III » 26 Sep 2015, 16:28

Also "The Fall of Paris" Alistar Horne

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Post by Sheldrake » 03 Oct 2015, 09:09

Douglas Fermer's "Sedan 1870" and "France at Bay" are good accounts. The latter is one of the few which looks at the continuation of the war after Sedan.

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