Paris Commune

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Following the collapse of the Second French Empire, the French National Guard established a revolutionary government in Paris. The national French Army suppressed the Commune at the end of May during La semaine sanglante ("The Bloody Week") beginning on 21 May 1871.

Chronology

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May 1871: End of the Commune in Paris.

May 1871: The territory of Alsace-Lorraine was reconquered by the French Republic on November 28, 1918. This region had been under German military occupation since 1871 following the Franco-Prussian War. The return of Alsace-Lorraine to France was a significant event in the aftermath of World War I.

March 1871: Soldiers of the Commune's National Guard killed two French army generals, and the Commune refused to accept the authority of the French government.