WW-- Flashcards
Maréchal Philippe Pétain
Head of Vichy government. WWI hero.
Guy Môquet
17 yr old- protested against German occupation months after France signed armistice with Germany. Died in front of firing squad in 1941.
1914-1918
World War I (Austria-Hungary and Germany vs. France, England, Serbia, Russia) Trench warfare, France loses 1.5 million men. (27% of men 18-27) 3 million wounded
1929
New York stock market crash, world-wide depression.
1936-38
Popular Front- Socialist government, Hitler comes to power in Germany. Spanish Civil War.
1940-45 WWII….
Vichy government
Resistance/Collaboration
Charles De Gaulle
1940 Germans..
Invade and occupy upper the1/3 of France
1946-1958
Fourth Republic Women voting Charles De Gaulle elected but stepped down 24 dif gvmnts in 12 yrs. 1955 Dien Bien Phu fiasco in Viet Nam. France withdraws. US gets involved.
1954-62
Franco-Algerian War
Fifth Republic- Charles de Gaulle year
1958
Student riots lead to generalized strikes
1968
WWI thought inevitable because
Many French ashamed and upset about loss of Alsace and Lorraine to Germany.
Why did French army demand reparations from Germany in 1918?
Damage to France calculated around 55 billion francs, financing war increased national debt from 32 bil francs to 170 billion francs. Everything needed repair.
Jean Moulin
Resistance fighter- tortured and assassinated by Gestapo in 1942
What was Vichy Government?
French government in lower France led by Marshal Pétsin after signing northern France to German control.