The Third Republic in France 1870-1940: Conflicts and ContinuitiesAn essential introduction to the major political problems, debates and conflicts which are central to the history of the Third Republic in France, from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 to the fall of France in June 1940. |
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... French Republic and of French Republicanism, Church-state relations, the role of the French army, anti-Semitism, Anglo-French relations, the role of women and the importance of the national birth rate, and the character of the French ...
... French Republic and of French Republicanism, Church-state relations, the role of the French army, anti-Semitism, Anglo-French relations, the role of women and the importance of the national birth rate, and the character of the French ...
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... French army lost a series of engagements at Wissembourg (4 August), Forbach and Froeschwiller (6 August). Marshal MacMahon, the senior French commander, decided to concentrate most of his forces, known as the Army of Chalons, in and ...
... French army lost a series of engagements at Wissembourg (4 August), Forbach and Froeschwiller (6 August). Marshal MacMahon, the senior French commander, decided to concentrate most of his forces, known as the Army of Chalons, in and ...
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... French troops defeated at Froeschwiller. He joined the Army of Chalons on 30 August with instructions from the Minister of War in Paris to take command if Marshal MacMahon should be incapacitated. Around six in the morning of l ...
... French troops defeated at Froeschwiller. He joined the Army of Chalons on 30 August with instructions from the Minister of War in Paris to take command if Marshal MacMahon should be incapacitated. Around six in the morning of l ...
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... France towards more obstinate resistance. He requested that the French army should be allowed to leave Sedan with its weapons and equipment, and that the officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers should be free to return to France ...
... France towards more obstinate resistance. He requested that the French army should be allowed to leave Sedan with its weapons and equipment, and that the officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers should be free to return to France ...
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... French army commander), General von Moltke (the German army commander) and Count von Bismarck (Chancellor of the North German Confederation) when they first met late in the evening of l September l 870 to begin negotiations for a French ...
... French army commander), General von Moltke (the German army commander) and Count von Bismarck (Chancellor of the North German Confederation) when they first met late in the evening of l September l 870 to begin negotiations for a French ...
Contents
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The political Right and Left in the early Third Republic | 24 |
The Dreyfus Affair and its aftermath | 50 |
Women and the family | 80 |
The First World War | 106 |
France after the First World War | 136 |
The Popular Front | 172 |
The fall of France June l940 2l l | 211 |
General bibliography | 252 |
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The Third Republic in France, 1870-1940: Conflicts and Continuities William Fortescue Limited preview - 2017 |
The Third Republic in France, 1870-1940: Conflicts and Continuities William Fortescue Limited preview - 2017 |
The Third Republic in France, 1870-1940: Conflicts and Continuities William Fortescue Limited preview - 2000 |
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