The Second Reich

Dan Snow's History Hit

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🗓️ 18 January 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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On 18 January 1871 as the Siege of Paris raged a couple of miles away King Wilhelm I of Prussia was proclaimed Emperor of the German empire in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles. It was the most dramatic possible beginning to a new imperial project in the heart of Europe. The German Empire was instantly a major power on the continent and quickly developed global ambitions. Dan talked to Katja Hoyer about the events leading up to its founding and what it meant for German and the world.

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0:34.2	Hi everybody.
0:37.2	Welcome.
0:38.2	Welcome to Dan Snow's history hit.
0:42.8	This episode is first broadcast on the 18th of January 2021.
0:47.9	You know what that means?
0:49.3	It's exactly 150 years since one of the most extraordinary pieces of pageantry in modern
0:55.8	European history.
0:56.8	150 years ago on the 18th of January 1871, siege of Paris was raging just a few miles
1:01.4	away.
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