June 30, 2021 • 13m
Welcome to the first primer episode for Glory & Defeat. In this first primer episode we will take a broad look at the industrial r...Read more
July 7, 2021 • 13m
The year 1848 was pivotal in European history. All across the continent revolutionary movements erupted and demanded a new order. ...Read more
July 12, 2021 • 13m
After Napoleon I had conquered and then lost Europe, France went through multiple revolutions. In 1851, Napoleons nephew and Frenc...Read more
July 13, 2021 • 13m
French and Prussian animosity have been swelling in the background since the German Wars of Unification started in the 1860s. The ...Read more
July 19, 2021 • 13m
After the failed revolution of 1848, the German states within the German confederation were still moving towards unification. This...Read more
July 22, 2021 • 13m
With the official declaration of war from France, Prussia mobilizes and calls in the defensive alliances with the other German sta...Read more
July 29, 2021 • 13m
While the French and different German Armies are gathering we are taking the time this week to take a look at military organizatio...Read more
August 5, 2021 • 13m
Early August 1870 saw the first series of opening battles of the Franco-Prussian War. The Battle of Saarbrücken was the only battl...Read more
August 12, 2021 • 13m
After the opening battles of the Franco-Prussian War, the German armies have suffered heavy casualties but were also able to stop ...Read more
August 19, 2021 • 13m
The French Army of Marshal Bazaine was hoping to reach Verdun or even Paris after the first engagements around Metz. But the Frenc...Read more
August 26, 2021 • 13m
The French Army of the Rhine under Marshal Bazaine is trapped inside Metz - along with civilians and wounded over 250,000 people w...Read more
September 2, 2021 • 13m
The Battle of Sedan was one of the pivotal moments in the 19th century. The French 2nd Empire's defeat at Sedan (and the capture o...Read more
September 9, 2021 • 13m
After the French defeat at Sedan, the German states expect peace negotiations. But instead the new French republic declares an ear...Read more
September 16, 2021 • 13m
The German Armies are on their way to encircle the French capital Paris after their victory in Sedan. The new French government is...Read more
September 23, 2021 • 13m
While the Franco-Prussian War was raging in France, another armed conflict to the south was reaching its conclusion. The unificati...Read more
September 30, 2021 • 13m
The symbolic city of Strasbourg had been besieged since the early stages of the Franco-Prussian War. The German siege troops are r...Read more
October 7, 2021 • 13m
In early October 1870, the German states are still confident the Franco-Prussian War is as good as over. But two events might cros...Read more
October 14, 2021 • 13m
All across France French Armies have been raised from any available troops. From international volunteers to raw teenaged recruits...Read more
October 21, 2021 • 13m
The French increasing reliance on franc-tireurs, guerrilla style fighters, is causing brutal German retaliation and a spiral of vi...Read more
October 28, 2021 • 13m
Much of the remaining French hope to stem the tide against the German Armies comes from the more than 200.000 professional troops ...Read more
November 4, 2021 • 13m
The Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War 1870 and the downfall of the French Empire after the Battle of Sedan created a v...Read more
November 11, 2021 • 13m
While the fighting on land continued during the Franco-Prussian War in November 1870, the bizarre and only naval battle of the war...Read more
November 18, 2021 • 13m
While the Franco-Prussian War is continuing its messy guerilla phase, the German leaders are negotiating towards a united Germany....Read more
November 25, 2021 • 13m
After a brief break in the fighting, the Franco-Prussian War continues in late November with the Battles of Amiens and Beaune-La-R...Read more
December 2, 2021 • 13m
The Siege of Paris has been going on for months in November 1870 and the population is starving. The French Army has previously tr...Read more
December 9, 2021 • 13m
On the frozen battlefields of France, the exhausted German and French armies are still fighting. The Battle of Beaugency sees a de...Read more
December 16, 2021 • 13m
While the German delegations arrive in Versailles to set in motion the unification of the German states into a German Reich, the p...Read more
December 23, 2021 • 13m
Christmas 1870 reminded the German and French alike that the Franco-Prussian War was going on for far too long. Soldiers and civil...Read more
December 30, 2021 • 13m
The new year 1871 is about to bring upon a new German Empire. German leadership, especially Bismarck, is exceedingly frustrated wi...Read more