HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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Petain
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Poincare
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Clemenceau
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Briand
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Detailed explanation-1: -Vichy France, formally French State, French État Français, (July 1940–September 1944), France under the regime of Marshal Philippe Pétain from the Nazi German defeat of France to the Allied liberation in World War II.
Detailed explanation-2: -Charles de Gaulle became the last President of the Fourth Republic. He was granted full powers and had a new Constitution drawn up. General de Gaulle presented the draft Constitution of the Fifth Republic to the people. The new Constitution was adopted by referendum, with a majority of 79.2% of votes.
Detailed explanation-3: -On 14 June 1940, the day Paris fell, the German 1st Army went over to the offensive in “Operation Tiger” and attacked the Maginot Line between St Avold and Saarbrücken. The Germans then broke through the fortification line as defending French forces retreated southward.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Maginot Line, an array of defenses that France built along its border with Germany in the 1930s, was designed to prevent an invasion. Built at a cost that possibly exceeded $9 billion in today’s dollars, the 280-mile-long line included dozens of fortresses, underground bunkers, minefields, and gun batteries.