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France had lost most of its army and was defenseless before the German army.<ref>Wawro, G. (2003). ''[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/052161743X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=052161743X&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=c58bdc68dd260093aaeccd66ef3dd771 The Franco-Prussian War: The German Conquest of France in 1870–1871]''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 167.</ref> During the battle, Napoleon III was captured by Prussian forces. The war continued, and the French refused to surrender. Napoleon III abdicated and he was replaced by a government of National Defense, who carried on the war. The Germans advanced to Paris and besieged the city, where the Prussian Kaiser was crowned the monarch of a united Germany in Versailles. The Government of National Defense, after increasingly heavy French losses during the siege of Paris, accepted the inevitable and agreed to a Peace Treaty with the newly created German Empire.<ref>Wawro, p. 345.</ref>

====Aftermath of the war====