Second Marne - Mangin on the Matz
Battles of the First World War Podcast
Mike Cunha
4.8 • 838 Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
The guns of Blücher-Yorck were still smoking when the Germans reoriented and hastily launched a new offensive between Montdidier and Noyon. The goal was to straighten the line between two bulging German salients, seize more of the Soissons rail line, and continue to drive towards Paris.
But the French Army had other ideas: unleashing GEN Charles Mangin.
A lot will be learned in the Battle of the Matz, and it will be applied on the Marne weeks later.
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| 0:00.0 | The attack will be ruthlessly pressed to the limit. |
| 0:08.0 | This will be the end of the defensive battles we have fought for the past two months. |
| 0:14.3 | From now on, we attack. |
| 0:16.9 | We must succeed. |
| 0:19.2 | Go back to your men and tell them just this. |
| 0:25.3 | General Charles Montgain, French 10th Army commanding, June 10th, 1918. The The |
| 0:57.0 | The Hey, folks, welcome to the Battles of the First World War podcast. |
| 1:28.8 | Second Maron, Mungin on the Mats. |
| 1:34.5 | Trench maintenance issues up first. |
| 1:38.6 | Well, off the beaten track news and a safety tip. |
| 1:42.9 | We've issued this safety briefing on the podcast before, |
| 1:46.8 | but apparently it is going to become a yearly thing now. |
| 1:50.6 | It's really awkward, folks. |
| 1:51.7 | If you are even somewhat online, |
| 1:54.7 | you have no doubt come across the likely, terminally embarrassed |
| 1:57.8 | 24-year-old Frenchman from Toulouse |
| 2:00.1 | who made for interesting World War I |
| 2:02.5 | related news recently. If you do not know, then simply look up 24-year-old Frenchman plus Toulouse, France, |
| 2:09.9 | plus World War I shell, and you should be directed to what I'm talking about. I'm sure you can |
| 2:16.9 | already guess where we're going. |
| 2:22.1 | Folks, to me, love is an unconditional thing. That's where I stand. And how that love is |
| 2:29.1 | expressed is really none of my business, like really, really none of my business. However, as a World War |
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