Project Gutenberg 2017-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 406 Hooper, George 1824 1890 The Campaign of Sedan: The Downfall of the Second Empire, August-September 1870 E-text prepared by Brian Coe, David Tipple, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The Campaign of Sedan: The Downfall of the Second Empire, August-September 1870" by George Hooper is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work focuses on the significant military engagements during the Franco-Prussian War, particularly the battles that led to the fall of Napoleon III and the Second French Empire. It aims to provide an insightful narrative of the events leading up to Sedan and their historical impact. The opening of the book sets the stage for the conflict by highlighting the political landscape of Europe during the late 1860s, revealing the tensions between France and the newly unified Germany under Prussian leadership. It introduces key historical figures involved in these events, such as Napoleon III and Otto von Bismarck, while outlining the critical miscalculations and diplomatic maneuvers that contributed to the outbreak of war. Hooper discusses France's declining military power and the rise of a unified Germany as a formidable force, framing the eventual Battle of Sedan as a pivotal moment that reshaped European geopolitics. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 66.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 Sedan Campaign, 1870 DC Text Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 1064285 2025-09-22T04:34:40.502797 text/html 1000651 2024-10-23T02:09:42 text/html 2744301 2025-09-22T04:34:57.910716 application/epub+zip 2738537 2025-09-22T04:34:44.511757 application/epub+zip 421326 2025-09-22T04:34:42.475726 application/epub+zip 3033419 2025-09-22T04:35:07.639662 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2985923 2025-09-22T04:34:55.694682 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 676603 2022-09-24T23:55:29.586403 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 831203 2025-09-22T04:34:38.286769 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 811066 2024-10-23T02:09:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16402 2025-09-22T04:35:07.887616 application/rdf+xml 10874 2025-09-22T04:34:42.690755 image/jpeg 2606 2025-09-22T04:34:42.586747 image/jpeg 2514129 2025-09-22T04:34:40.622730 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog