Western Civilization II / Unit 11 WC2 1025 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Third Republic and the Paris Commune, 1871
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The idea
With Napoleon III captured, a republic was proclaimed on September fourth and fought on. Paris fell in January. From March to late May the city ran itself as a socialist commune, and the French army stormed it. The anchor counts about twenty thousand communards executed.
In practice
The Third Republic, from eighteen seventy.
Where people slip
The figure is the anchor's; the witness says "bloodily suppressed".
Your place on the trail
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