V.1.1. DEFEAT AND REVOLUTION

MENU: 5.1.1. Defeat & revolution 

MILITARY TRIUMPH THWARTS DOMESTIC OPPOSITION, BUT DEFEAT CAN BRING INSURRECTION  

The Second Empire provokes war with Prussia to suppress challenge from the left. The result is the "Terrible Year" of 1870-1871, with military debacle, the siege of Paris, La Commune and the civil war and frightful repression that follow.

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The tragedy

• Effects of a war of choice

• Explosion

• Carnage and civil war

• Ruins. Vengeance. Evolution

• Mysticism

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