Humanitarian – Neutral Switzerland

Humanitarian – Neutral Switzerland: War, Refugees, and Internment The Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) ends with the defeat of France. after the capture of Napoleon III. In the autumn of 1870, the proclamation of the Third Republic in France and the proclamation of the German Empire, in January 1871 the French Eastern Army under General Bourbaki reigned for the last time.