Real Time History

Season 2021, Episode 10

Episode Title: Bloody Victories - The Battles For Metz | GLORY & DEFEAT Week 6

Air Date: 2021-08-19

Overview:

The French Army of Marshal Bazaine was hoping to reach Verdun or even Paris after the first engagements around Metz. But the French troops were exhausted which allowed the Germans to catch up. With the Battle of Gravelotte and the Battle of Mars-la-Tour, the fate of the French Rhine Army is sealed; they are trapped in Metz.