Albrecht Theodor Emil Graf von Roon; 1803 - 1879; was a Prussian soldier and statesman. As Minister of War from 1859 to 1873; Roon; along with Otto von Bismarck and Helmuth von Moltke; was a dominating figure in Prussias government; Situation from the time of The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War; Deutsch-Franzoesischer Krieg; 1870-1871; Reproduction of an original woodcut from the year 1885; digital improved.