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1914 and the Collapse of the Third Republic
In June 1914, the world was at peace, with several major powers on the European Continent, there were military countries, economic countries, and cultural conuntryis. One was outstanding in every way, France, the Third Republic, in the midst of its golden age of culture, was totally ruined by a few years of war, at the end, being the poorest nation in Europe, all of its governments coffers empty and its people poor and destitute. How could this have happened?

In Late June 1914, Arch-Duke Franz-Ferdinand of Austria was killed by Serbian Nationalists in Sarajevo. The Austro0-Hungarians gave the Serbians an ultimatum of:


  1. Suppress all publications which "incite hatred and contempt of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy" and are "directed against its territorial integrity".
  2. Dissolve the Serbian nationalist organisation "Narodna Odbrana" ("The People's Defense") and all other such societies in Serbia.
  3. Eliminate without delay from schoolbooks and public documents all "propaganda against Austria-Hungary".
  4. Remove from the Serbian military and civil administration all officers and functionaries whose names the Austro-Hungarian Government will provide.
  5. Accept in Serbia "representatives of the Austro-Hungarian Government" for the "suppression of subversive movements".
  6. Bring to trial all accessories to the Archduke's assassination and allow "Austro-Hungarian delegates" (law enforcement officers) to take part in the investigations.
  7. Arrest Major Voja Tankosić and civil servant Milan Ciganović who were named as participants in the assassination plot.
  8. Cease the cooperation of the Serbian authorities in the "traffic in arms and explosives across the frontier"; dismiss and punish the officials of the at Shabatz Loznica frontier service, "guilty of having assisted the perpetrators of the Sarajevo crime".
  9. Provide "explanations" to the Austro-Hungarian Government regarding "Serbian officials" who have expressed themselves in interviews "in terms of hostility to the Austro-Hungarian Government".
  10. Notify the Austro-Hungarian Government "without delay" of the execution of the measures comprised in the ultimatum.
The Serbians, realizing the ultimatum would ruin their country, denied the ultimatum. The Austrian-Hungarians, in turn, declared war on the Serbians, so in return, on July 12, the Russians declared war on the Austrian-Hungarains, in Return Germany declared War on Russia, in return Russia Gaullic Ally, France joined the war on July 29, 1914, after stating neutrality twice, catching Germany off-guard , so in return Italy, ally of Germany and Austria-Hungary declared war on France. In the West, the Battles of the Frontiers began, in which the Germans and French fought throughout Alsace-Lorraine and the French Border Provinces. There German forces were superior, beating the French everywhere. Desperate, the French swept through Belgium and the Netherlands in an attempt to take Hannover and Braunshweig at the end of the campaign, it was unsuccessful, as right as they crossed the border, the Germans caught them. Britain, the Protector of Belgian neutrality declared war on France, and attacked its colony's and Corsica with a combined Anglo-Italian Fleet. By the end of the year, France was not looking good.
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