France (nov 11, 1918 – sep 1, 1939)

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WWI CAUSES terrible devastation:
- lost farmland by fighting
- 3/4 million people displaced
- HEAVY borrowing

which CAUSES

Economic & political crisis which CAUSES

Prime Minister Pierre Laval
- 1931-32, 1935-36
- Pro Fascist, Anti Democracy
- Executed in 1945 for war crimes --> collaborated with the Nazis

French Popular Front
- Prime Minister Leon Blum (1936-37)
- Coalition of Communists, Socialists, & Moderates
- Coalition of Communists are more liberal but reject Fascism


France wants protection from Germany --> builds the Maginot line along French/German border

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