A fresh study of the tumultuous events of summer 1870 when Moltke’s German armies destroyed Napoleon’s Imperial army, laying the foundations for a military and political hegemony lasting into the 20th Century. This volume examines in detail the capitulation of the Emperor Napoleon at Sedan, the siege of Strasbourg and Metz, including the battles of Noisseville and Landonchamps and concludes with a study of the French and German tactics of the period and is complemented by extensive OOB’s, maps, illustrations and photographs.