against France and then reveals to the European world,

对法国口诛笔伐并向整个欧洲世界
or those people who cared,

及关注事态发展的各界人士揭露
that Napoleon III had earlier tried to make a deal

拿破仑三世早先曾试图与普鲁士
which in exchange for supporting Prussia

就援助其攻打奥地利
against Austria he would receive Belgium and Luxemburg,

从而获取比利时和卢森堡的事宜达成交易
which of course the British could never tolerate.

这当然是英国所不能容忍的
And so, what happens is that he goes to war in the summer of 1870,

因此战争在一八七零年夏天爆发
without any allies,

法军孤立无援
against Prussia and its South German allies,

单独对抗普鲁士及其南德诸邦盟友
and he thinks he's going to win.

他自认为必胜无疑
But--

但是...
as my team was in the Michigan State game last Saturday,

就像我们组上周六去参加密歇根州运会那样