Tom Holland

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The Rest Is History · 708. The Terror: The Reign of Robespierre (Part 2) · 23 Sep 2026 podcast

key counter-revolutionary outbreaks, one in Lyon, one in Marseille. matched

Lyon is invested on the 7th of August, and the siege of that city will drag on for months. matched

But Marseille is reduced to obedience very rapidly, so it's occupied on the 25th of August, and there are mass reprisals. matched

Marseille itself loses its name, and it's renamed Ville sans Normes, so the town without a name. matched

Two days before Marseille capitulates to the forces of the revolution, the National Convention had taken a massive, massive step, a step that will resonate not just through the history of the revolution, but through the entire future of industrial warfare. matched

They enact a levée en masse. matched

This is the first mass conscription of the modern age. matched

Its prescription is people who have read about the war efforts of matched

the competence in the First or Second World Wars will recognise this. matched

So it says, the young men shall go to battle. matched

The married men shall forge arms and transport provision. matched

The women shall make tents and clothes and shall serve in the hospitals. matched

The children shall turn old linen into lint. matched

The old men shall repair to the public places to stimulate the courage of the warriors. matched

and preach the unity of the Republic and hatred of kings. matched

So it is a seismic moment for the first time an entire nation is being summoned to arms. matched

In the long run, this levée en masse will make France effectively invincible in battle for decades because France has by far the largest reserves of manpower of any country in Europe. matched

So by summoning it to arms, it makes itself completely irresistible in battle. matched

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