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Originally Posted by August
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Originally Posted by Dan D
Bismarck started the German-French war 1870/1871 which was won because the joint German tribes simply outnumbered the French.
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Actually the French started that war, and they lost, not because of being outnumbered, but rather because the Germans were better trained and led. |
They started the war after Bismarck doctored telegrams and released them, with the intention:
"The Ems Telegram should have the desired effect of waving a red cape in front of the face of the Gallic Bull".
France started it,
technically.