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October 15, 2021

The Battle of Orléans 1870 – French Raw Recruits vs. Experienced German Soldiers

Filed under: France, Germany, History, Military, Weapons — Tags: , , , , , — Nicholas @ 06:00

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Published 14 Oct 2021

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

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Arand, Tobias: 1870/71. Der Deutsch-Französische Krieg erzählt in Einzelschicksalen. Hamburg 2018

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