French Third Republic
French Republic République française | |||||||||||||||
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| 1870–1940 | |||||||||||||||
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| Motto: Liberté, égalité, fraternité ("Liberty, equality, fraternity") | |||||||||||||||
| Anthem: La Marseillaise ("The Marseillaise") | |||||||||||||||
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 The French Republic in 1939
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 Territories and colonies of the French Republic at the end of 1939 Dark blue: Metropolitan territory Light blue: Colonies, mandates, and protectorates | |||||||||||||||
| Capital | Paris | ||||||||||||||
| Common languages | French (official), several others | ||||||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism Calvinism Lutheranism Judaism | ||||||||||||||
| Government | Unitary parliamentary republic | ||||||||||||||
| President | |||||||||||||||
• 1871–1873 (first) | Adolphe Thiers | ||||||||||||||
• 1932–1940 (last) | Albert Lebrun | ||||||||||||||
| President of the Council of Ministers | |||||||||||||||
• 1870–1871 (first) | Louis Jules Trochu | ||||||||||||||
• 1940 (last) | Philippe Pétain | ||||||||||||||
| Legislature | Parliament | ||||||||||||||
| Senate | |||||||||||||||
| Chamber of Deputies | |||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
• Proclamation by Leon Gambetta | 4 September 1870 | ||||||||||||||
• Vichy France established | 10 July 1940 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||||
• Total | 13,500,000 km2 (5,200,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| 1894 (Metropolitan France) | 536,464 km2 (207,130 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||||
• 1894 (Metropolitan France) | 36,100,000[1] | ||||||||||||||
• 1938 (including colonies) | 150,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Currency | French Franc | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of |  France Algeria | ||||||||||||||
The French Third Republic (French: La Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe République) was the system of government created in France from 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940 after France's defeat by Nazi Germany in World War II led to the creation of the Vichy government in France.[2]It was formed in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War from 1870-1871 . After France was defeated Napoleon III was exiled from France . In 1914 France declared war on the German Empire led by Kaiser Wilhelm II until Germany became the Weimar Republic Era in 1918 after World War 1 . In 1940 after Nazi Germany started World War 2 the French surrendered . Southern France became Vichy France and France’s Colonies in North Africa surrendered while the Empire of Japan took French Indochina before Japan Attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941 .
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Population of the Major European Countries in millions".
- ↑ Anderson, F.M. (1904). The constitutions and other select documents illustrative of the history of France, 1789–1901. The H. W. Wilson company 1904., complete text online
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