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Real Time History
Season 2021 · Episode 4
The Ems Dispatch - The Outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War I GLORY & Defeat Week 1
0.013mJuly 13, 2021
French and Prussian animosity have been swelling in the background since the German Wars of Unification started in the 1860s. The French Duc de Gramont hopes that a victory over Prussia could restore French prestige while Prussian Chancellor Bismarck needs a reason to fulfill his dream of German unification from above. When the crisis about the Spanish throne escalates with the Ems Dispatch, the die is cast and the Franco-Prussian War begins.
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