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19th & 20th Century: France
Michael Chan-Pong
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World War I
• World War I began July 28, 1914– France pulled in by
Russian alliance
• Germans plan to sweep through France similarly to the Franco-Prussian War in order to take Russia on the East– Schlieffen Plan
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World War I
• Major front: Western Front• Between France and Germany• Germans penetrate British
(Allied) defenses– Become 50 miles from Paris
• U.S. turn the tides at Battle of Château-Thierry
• November 11, 1918: Armistice signed
• Treaty of Versailles– France got its beloved Alsace-
Lorraine back– Germany severely punished– Guilt clause
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World War I
• World War I used new weaponry
• 1.375 million dead– #3
• 8.4 million wounded– #4
• 4.266 million wounded– #2
• 537,000 missing/POW– #5
• Lost generation
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World War II
• May 10, 1940: Germany launches invasion of France
• 4 days later: Germans pass through French lines
• June 14: French capital invaded
• June 22: Armistice signed• June 25: Armistice takes
effect– France divided into two zones
• 2/3: German-occupied• 1/3: Still French, led by Vichy
government
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World War II
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World War II
• November 8, 1942: Allies invade North Africa, Germany and Italy quickly occupy the rest of France
• June 6, 1944: France liberation begins– Operation Overlord/Battle
of Normandy• Operation Neptune/D-Day
• August 25, 1944: Paris liberated
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World War II
• Effects– Damages• Financial• Military• Psychological• Political
– Losing colonies• Resist for a while
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Post-War Era
• Self-determinism– Idea proposed by
Woodrow Wilson, became more possible after World War II
– Lebanon released from France• France recognized
independence November 22, 1943
– Algeria became independent of France• Goes down in war
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Post-War Era
• Founder member of NATO• Fourth Republic
established under new constitution– Economic growth– Lost control of Indochina– Algeria
• 1958: Fourth Republic unstable, constitution for Fifth Republic established– Current
• First World
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1990s
• Early 1990s: Criticized for underground nuclear testing in French Polynesia
• 1992: Hosts Albertville Winter Cup• Late 1990s: Recovering from an economic
recession• 1998: Hosts FIFA World Cup• January 1, 1999: Switch to Euros– No more Franc
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