2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
7. 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
8. World War II
• Effects
– Damages
• Financial
• Military
• Psychological
• Political
– Losing colonies
• Resist for a while
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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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