Real Time History

Season 2021, Episode 11

Episode Title: An Entire French Army Trapped in Metz During the Franco-Prussian War

Air Date: 2021-08-26

Overview:

The French Army of the Rhine under Marshal Bazaine is trapped inside Metz - along with civilians and wounded over 250,000 people will need to be fed from the city's dwindling supplies. Surrounding the city is a German Army that cannot force the Metz fortifications and opts for starving it into submission instead.