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The Franco-Prussian War decisively changed the balance of power in Europe. The origins of the war lay in the process of the unification of Germany. Bismarck provoked a war with France in order to complete the unification of Germany. The aftermath of the war, was the fall of Napoleon III and left Germany as the most important state in Europe. However, the growing power of Germany eventually led to the formation of two opposing alliances. The Franco-Prussian War ‘led to a united Germany, but a more divided Europe’ and this ultimately led to the great catastrophe of the First World War.<ref>MacMillan, p.78.</ref>

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