French Third Republic

French Republic
*République française*
French Republic République française
1870–1940
	Flag Coat of arms
	Motto: Liberté, égalité, fraternité; ("Liberty, equality, fraternity")
	Anthem: La Marseillaise; ("The Marseillaise");
	Great Seal of France:;
	The French Republic in 1939 France; French protectorates;
	Territories and colonies of the French Republic at the end of 1939; Dark blue: Metropolitan territory; Light blue: Colonies, mandates, and protectorates
Capital	Paris
Common languages	French (official), several others
Religion	Roman Catholicism ; Calvinism; Lutheranism; Judaism;
Government	Unitary parliamentary republic
President
• 1871–1873 (first)	Adolphe Thiers
• 1932–1940 (last)	Albert Lebrun
President of the Council of Ministers
• 1870–1871 (first)	Louis Jules Trochu
• 1940 (last)	Philippe Pétain
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	Chamber of Deputies
History
• Proclamation by Leon Gambetta	4 September 1870
• Vichy France established	10 July 1940
Area
• Total	13,500,000 km2 (5,200,000 sq mi)
1894 (Metropolitan France)	536,464 km2 (207,130 sq mi)
Population
• 1894 (Metropolitan France)	36,100,000[1]
• 1938 (including colonies)	150,000,000
Currency	French Franc
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Second French Empire
Vichy France
Free France
German military administration
Italian military administration
Today part of	France; Algeria

The French Third Republic (French: La Troisième République, sometimes written as La III^e République) was the system of government created in France from 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940 after France's defeat by Nazi Germany in World War II led to the creation of the Vichy government in France.[2]It was formed in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War from 1870-1871 . After France was defeated Napoleon III was exiled from France . In 1914 France declared war on the German Empire led by Kaiser Wilhelm II until Germany became the Weimar Republic Era in 1918 after World War 1 . In 1940 after Nazi Germany started World War 2 the French surrendered . Southern France became Vichy France and France’s Colonies in North Africa surrendered while the Empire of Japan took French Indochina before Japan Attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941 .

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