SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia.

Detailed explanation-2: -The war started on 1 February 1864, when Prussian and Austrian powers crossed the outskirt into Schleswig. Denmark battled the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire.

Detailed explanation-3: -In Prussia, a war against France was deemed necessary to arouse German nationalism in those States in order to allow the unification of most German states (excluding the ethnically German lands of the Austrian Empire) into a great German empire.

Detailed explanation-4: -The War of the Bavarian Succession was fought between Prussia, Saxony and Bavaria on one side and Austria on the other.