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jul 13, 1870 - EMS Dispatch

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France sends a totally-not-staged-and-fake insulting telegram to the French Empire. This ticks off the French, leading to them declaring war on Prussia. THis gives Prussia an excuse to march southwest, in order to properly unify Germany.

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jul 13, 1870
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~ 156 years ago