Real Time History

Season 2021, Episode 18

Episode Title: The Battle of Orléans 1870 - French Raw Recruits vs. Experienced German Soldiers

Air Date: 2021-10-14

Overview:

All across France French Armies have been raised from any available troops. From international volunteers to raw teenaged recruits. How these sub-par soldiers fair against professional German soldiers is not hard to guess and we can see how that goes in the first battles for Orléans.