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Real Time History
Season 2021 · Episode 14
Paris Fights Back - The French Battle Against German Encirclement I Franco-Prussian War 1870
0.013mSeptember 16, 2021
The German Armies are on their way to encircle the French capital Paris after their victory in Sedan. The new French government is raising new troops all across the country and in Paris itself to stem the tide. Poorly equipped and poorly trained troops fight the Germans at Sceaux/Chatillon. Meanwhile, the German states start their negotiations for German unification.
Episodes
- Episode 1The World of the Franco-Prussian War – The 19th Century up to 1870 I GLORY & DEFEAT
- Episode 21848 -The Year of (Failed) Revolutions I GLORY & DEFEAT
- Episode 3In The Shadow of Napoleon - The 2nd French Empire Before 1870 I GLORY & DEFEAT
- Episode 4The Ems Dispatch - The Outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War I GLORY & Defeat Week 1
- Episode 5The German Wars of Unification - Bismarck's Rise I GLORY & DEFEAT
- Episode 6Franco-Prussian War - First Fighting and Casualties I GLORY & DEFEAT Week 2
- Episode 7French and German Armies in 1870 - Dreyse and Chassepot Rifle Overview I GLORY & DEFEAT Week 3