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# Geoffrey Wawro

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##  Quotes by Geoffrey Wawro

> [“French soldiers literally drank the entire day, beginning with wine (un pauvre larme – “a little teardrop”), progressing to spirits (le café…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-wawro/french-soldiers-literally-drank-the-entire-day-beginning-with-wine-un/)

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> [“To knit army and nation together, they issued each soldier with twelve stamped postcards so that he could write to his loved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-wawro/to-knit-army-and-nation-together-they-issued-each-soldier-with-twelve/)

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> [“Hôtel de Ville, where French republics were traditionally proclaimed from the balcony.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-wawro/h-tel-de-ville-where-french-republics-were-traditionally-proclaimed/)

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> [“In the days after Sedan, Prussian envoys met with the French and demanded a large cash indemnity as well as the cession…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-wawro/in-the-days-after-sedan-prussian-envoys-met-with-the-french-and/)

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> [“Prussians were singularly well prepared in other areas as well. They invented the “dog tag” in 1870: an oval disc worn by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-wawro/prussians-were-singularly-well-prepared-in-other-areas-as-well-they/)

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