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-To