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Originally Posted by Juan Perón
Perhaps the Franco-Prussian War would've resulted in a stalemate or a French victory & perhaps never resulting in German Unification.....?
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Not likely. Frances loss was due to a large part that Germany was a large industrial power of the time. France was rather slow to industrialize, unlike Germany and Britian, which were the leaders (along with America) in the field. Germany's railways were much more modern and established, allowing fast movement of troops over extreamly long distances. Only after their loss did they see the flaw and correct it in time for the first world war. Even then, they needed the help of the allied powers not to be overrun by Germany.