Europe 147 years ago today: Treaty of Frankfurt (10 May 1871) http://omniatlas.com/maps/europe/18710510/ With the end of the Franco-Prussian War, Bismarck forced France to cede Alsace-Lorraine and pay an indemnity of 5 billion francs. Germany was now the premier power of Europe.France's struggle, however, was not yet over. At the end of the war, the people of Paris had risen up and proclaimed a Commune. This led to a second siege of Paris, this time by the French government. Although the Commune was crushed, it would provide inspiration for the revolutions of the next century. #europe #history #welovemaps #1870s #1871 #alsacelorraine #europeanhistory #france #frankfurt #germanunification #germany #maps #may #may10 #napoleoniii #napoleon3 #prussia #germanempire #bismarck #ottovonbismarck #germanhistory #map #war #francoprussianwar #francoprussian #vonmoltke #frankfurt #paris (at Frankfurt, Germany)















