Real Time History S2022 E05 How the French Army Crushed the Socialist Paris Commune 1871 I GLORY & DEFEAT

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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.