Real Time History

Season 2022, Episode 5

Episode Title: How the French Army Crushed the Socialist Paris Commune 1871 I GLORY & DEFEAT

Air Date: 2022-02-03

Overview:

The Siege of Paris and the end of the Franco-Prussian War had brought social unrest in Paris (and other French cities) to a boiling point. Radical citizens take up arms and proclaim La Commune, a self-organized alternative to the French Republic. But soon the French Army is cracking down and Paris experiences a Week of Blood.