For the Republic! Desperate and surrounded, the French government embarks on an unprecedented embrace of ‘total war’. Upending the traditional means of warfare, the Convention commences mass conscriptions and coordinated propaganda campaigns. Both the levée en masse and it’s propaganda efforts are a prelude to the modern wars of the 20th century and act as key turning points in the development of warfare.
EPISODE EXTRAS
87.1 To Enlist or Resist
How do you dodge the draft in Revolutionary France? Why do some historians consider the levée en masse unfair? How did the Convention prevent recruitment riots in its efforts to mobilise the nation? These questions and more are explored in this Episode Extra!
87.2 Stagecraft for Statecraft
How do you dodge the draft in Revolutionary France? Why do some historians consider the levée en masse unfair? How did the Convention prevent recruitment riots in its efforts to mobilise the nation? These questions and more are explored in this Episode Extra!
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