Real Time History
Season 2021 • Episode 14: Paris Fights Back - The French Battle Against German Encirclement I Franco-Prussian War 1870 • Watch with subtitles
Episode 14: Paris Fights Back - The French Battle Against German Encirclement I Franco-Prussian War 1870
September 16, 2021 • 13 min
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.
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