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Disastrous French Surrender in 1940 Explained: On William Shirer’s “Collapse of the Third Republic”

Shirer describes the tumultuous 1930s, including the riots of 1934 that weakened the French government (The Third Republic), from an eyewitness standpoint. He was there in Paris when many of the riots occurred. Continue reading

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