Haitian Revolution Starts
The Haitian Revolution began as enslaved Africans rose against French colonial rule, leading to the first successful abolition of slavery and creation of an independen...
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French Revolution Begins
The French Revolution began with the storming of the Bastille, symbolizing the fight against monarchy, social inequality, and the pursuit of liberty, equality, and fra...
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Gamal Abdel Nasser
1954–1970 — Nasser becomes the dominant leader of revolutionary Egypt and formally assumes the presidency in 1956. His government promotes Arab nationalism, land refor...
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Battle of the Somme Begins
1 July 1916 — British and French forces open the Somme offensive after an enormous artillery preparation. The first day becomes the bloodiest single day in British mil...
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Battle of Verdun Begins
21 February 1916 — Germany launches a major offensive against the fortified Verdun region. French forces commit enormous manpower and artillery to prevent the fortress...
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Gallipoli Campaign Begins
19 February 1915 — British and French naval forces begin major operations against the Ottoman defenses of the Dardanelles. The Allies hope to force the straits, threat...
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First Battle of the Marne
6 September 1914 — French and British forces begin the counteroffensive known as the First Battle of the Marne. The German advance toward Paris is halted and German ar...
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Albania Fragmented During World War I
1914–1918 — Austro-Hungarian, Italian, French, Serbian and other forces occupy different parts of Albania. The country largely loses unified central government during ...
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Schneider-Creusot
1914–1918 wartime production — Schneider is a major French heavy-industrial and armaments producer whose factories supply artillery and military material to the French...
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Napoleon Invades Egypt
1 July 1798 — French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte land in Egypt. The invasion aims to weaken British access to India while expanding French influence in the eastern...
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Battle of Navarino
20 October 1827 — British, French and Russian fleets destroy the Ottoman-Egyptian fleet.
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Ferdinand Foch
March–November 1918 as Allied supreme commander — French General Ferdinand Foch receives increasingly broad authority to coordinate Allied armies during Germany's fina...
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France and Belgium Occupy the Ruhr
11 January 1923 — French and Belgian troops occupy Germany's Ruhr industrial region after Germany falls behind on reparations deliveries. The German government respond...
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France Signs Armistice With Germany
22 June 1940 — France signs an armistice with Germany after the collapse of organized resistance in much of the country. Germany occupies northern and western France w...
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Georges Clemenceau
1917–1920 as French prime minister — Clemenceau leads France through the final year of the war and becomes one of the dominant figures at the Paris Peace Conference. F...
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Germany Attacks Western Europe
10 May 1940 — Germany invades the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France. Allied armies move north into Belgium expecting the principal German attack there. Inste...
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Germany Remilitarizes the Rhineland
7 March 1936 — German troops enter the demilitarized Rhineland in violation of the Versailles and Locarno arrangements. Hitler's forces have orders to retreat if confr...
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Operation Torch
8 November 1942 — American and British forces land in French North Africa. The operation brings large American ground forces into combat against the European Axis and ...
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Paris Is Liberated
25 August 1944 — French and Allied forces complete the liberation of Paris after an uprising by resistance groups and the arrival of Free French troops. General Charle...
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United States Freezes Japanese Assets
26 July 1941 — Following Japan's movement into southern French Indochina, the United States freezes Japanese assets. British and Dutch measures follow, and Japanese ac...
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