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World War I: France at War and the Home Front (1914–1918)

1914 - 1918

Vichy France, Occupation, and the Free French (1940–1944)

1940 - 1944

Rise of the National Front under Jean‑Marie Le Pen (1972–2002)

1972 - 2002

May 1968 Protests and Political Crisis (1968)

1968 - 1969

Les Trente Glorieuses: France's Postwar Economic Boom (1945–1975)

1945 - 1979

Laïcité and the 1901–1905 Association/Law Reforms (1901–1905)

1801 - 1907

Interwar Political Instability and the Rise of Extremes (1919–1939)

1919 - 1939

Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vest) Movement (2018–2019)

2018 - 2019

French Third Republic (1870–1940)

1870 - 1940

French Popular Front Government (1936–1938)

1936 - 1938

French Fourth Republic (1946–1958)

1946 - 1958

François Mitterrand's Presidencies and Socialist Reforms (1981–1995)

1981 - 1995

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