Monday, January 28, 2008
This Day in the History of Tastes of the Future
On this day in 1871, Paris fell during the Franco-Prussian War and France lost the war, although the peace treaty would not be signed until May. The country of Germany was a full 10 days old at the time and although Prussia clearly spearheaded this war, the actions of Germany in its figurative crib was a clear harbinger of what would be the bulk of early 20th Century European history, little of it good.
Labels: Franco-Prussian War
