During the Austro-Prussian War, Austrian General Glabenz faced challenging circumstances after defeating the Prussian I Corps ...

The Battle of Münchengrätz was a pivotal engagement during the Austro-Prussian War. After suffering defeats at Hühnerwasser ...

The past, famously, is a foreign country. Unfortunately, it often seems that “foreign wars” fought before 1900 are too distant to find their way into our policy analysis. And without understanding the ...

How did Prussia turn from a beaten underdog into the leader of a united Germany following its victories of the 19th century? Read the transcript In this episode, Geoffrey Wawro, Professor of Military ...

Iron and Blood. By Peter Wilson. Allen Lane; 976 pages; £40. To be published in America by Belknap Press in February; $39.95 According to a remark attributed to Voltaire, in the late 18th century ...

The Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871 was “not a war of angels,” according to this fine-grained chronicle from historian Chrastil (How to Be Childless). In July 1870, France declared war on Prussia ...