Glory & Defeat: The Franco-Prussian War 1870/71 (Full Documentary)

Pre-Order the Glory & Defeat Book Now: The Franco-Prussian War was a pivotal moment for Europe in the 19th century. It unified Germany into a single empire while toppling the French one. In six month the world got a taste of modern warfare and a bitter rivalry that would last into the 20th century. » SUPPORT US ON PATREON » THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS John Ozment, James Darcangelo, Jacob Carter Landt, Thomas Brendan, Kurt Gillies, Scott Deederly, John Belland, Adam Smith, Taylor Allen, Rustem Sharipov, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Marcus Bondura, Ramon Rijkhoek, Theodore Patrick Shannon, Philip Schoffman, Avi Woolf, Chapters 00:00:00 Ems Dispatch Crisis 00:11:41 Why France Fought the German States Alone 00:21:55 Military Overview 00:46:04 Opening Battles: Saarbrücken, Wissembourg, Wörth 01:05:54 The Siege of Strasbourg 01:16:49 Battles of Gravelotte and Mars-La-Tour 01:27:39 Siege of Metz 01:38:56 Battle of Sedan 01:54:50 Why France Didn’t Surrender After Sedan 02:05:47 French All-Out War 02:16:38 The Pope’s Army 02:27:31 Strasbourg Falls 02:38:17 Rise of Guerrilla Warfare 02:49:50 The Battle of Orléans 03:06:13 Battle of Chateaudun 03:24:22 The Last Imperial Army Surrenders 03:34:23 The 1st (Failed) Paris Commune Uprising 03:45:43 The Weird And Only Naval Battle of The Franco-Prussian War 03:56:43 Bismarck Gets Closer To German Unification 04:07:24 Battles of Amiens and Beaune-La-Rolande 04:18:19 Battle of Villiers-Champigny 04:28:23 Battle of Beaugency 04:37:33 Battle of Nuits-St. Georges 04:48:04 Christmas During the Franco-Prussian War 04:59:42 German Artillery Shells Paris 05:10:31 Army of the East 05:19:58 Battle of Belfort Gap 05:30:31 Kaiserproklamation 05:42:04 Peace 05:54:18 Paris Commune » THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS John Ozment, James Darcangelo, Jacob Carter Landt, Thomas Brendan, Kurt Gillies, Scott Deederly, John Belland, Adam Smith, Taylor Allen, Rustem Sharipov, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Marcus Bondura, Ramon Rijkhoek, Theodore Patrick Shannon, Philip Schoffman, Avi Woolf, Emile Bouffard, William Kincade, Daniel L Garza, Stefan Weiß, Matt Barnes, Chris Daley, Marco Kuhnert, Simdoom » SOURCES For a complete list of sources for each episode, please look for the individual episode videos on YouTube. Website: »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Cathérine Pfauth, Prof. Dr. Tobias Arand, Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller & Florian Wittig Director of Photography: Toni Steller Sound: Above Zero Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Toni Steller, Philipp Appelt Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: Digital Maps: Battlefield Design Research by: Cathérine Pfauth, Prof. Dr. Tobias Arand, Jesse Alexander Fact checking: Cathérine Pfauth, Prof. Dr. Tobias Arand Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster Contains licensed material by getty images Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2022