History of France between the Wars! France came out victorious in the World War I but she was exhausted. Both in the East and North-East France was devastated. Her casualties in the war were more than those of the other Allied nations. One-tenth of the country was in ruins. Towns had been reduced to rubble. Factories and mines had been [...]
1. Fall of Napoleon: After the surrender of Napoleon III at Sedan in September 1870, the condition of France was deplorable. A republican government was set up in Paris and it was declared to fight the Germans. The cry was raised: "We will not yield an inch of French soil nor a stone of French fortresses " Metz with the [...]
History of France During Louis XVIII to Napoleon III! After the abdication of Napoleon in 1814 and his departure for the Island of Elba, Louis XVIII was put on the throne of France. He was the brother of Louis XVI. At the time of his succession to the throne, he was 59. He was corpulent and gouty and was unable [...]