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Age of Bismarck #25: Skittish British
🕑 Added 2025-09-22 05:30:02 +0000 UTC[PATRONS]
What was the British reaction to the outbreak of war in 1870? In this episode we examine the different political camps, who had varying degrees of sympathy for either Prussia or France. The Prime Minister, William Gladstone, may not have been the greatest fan of Bismarck, but even he was forced to acknowledge that Britain could not afford another policy like 1864, when Britain threatened action, only to back down. Could the Liberal Prime Minister find a middle ground? And would the legacy of hostility towards France prove useful in the end? Find out here, as we trace the complex road to war from the British perspective.
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T.E. Kolenda
“… Britain could not afford another policy like 1864, when Britain threatened action, only to back down.“ Honor. And all that.
