{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Franco-Prussian War - Part 4: The Fall of Paris","description":"January, eighteen seventy-one. Paris shivered beneath low, gray skies, her ancient walls battered and scarred by weeks of Prussian siege. Smoke and the sharp tang of gunpowder drifted over deserted boulevards. Each day, the thunder of guns rattled windowpanes and hearts.\r\n\r\nInside the city, survival became the only goal. Elegant cafés were shuttered. Theatres were silent. The city’s grand avenues belonged to the weary, shuffling in search of food. Bread lines stretched along frozen streets, winding past barricades and ruined buildings. Rations, once meager, had become pitiful. Hunger gnawed at every stomach. Horses, dogs, even rats vanished from the streets—eaten by those who had nothing left.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://theconflictarchive.com/conflict/franco-prussian-war","author_name":"The Archive Network"}