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The clasped hands of French and German leaders have long embodied the spirit of European unity. Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich ...

Although the six-month Franco-Prussian War was among the shortest of all major European conflicts, it brought Dietrich and his comrades sights that robbed them of any temptation to triumphalism.

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During the Franco-Prussian War and the ensuing civil war, many artists fled to other French cities or London. However, artists Edouard Manet, Berthe Morisot, Edgar Degas, and a few others stayed ...