3.40- The Frozen Rivers

That's the slogan that rallied the last remnents of the sans culottes to action...right before they got crushed by the Thermidorean Convention. 

When the Thermidorean Convention introduced the Constitution of Year III, the political Right went a little nuts. 

The adventures of everyone's favorite proto-communist. k 

The 1812 invasion of Russia was the beginning of the end for Napoleon. Russia’s scorched earth campaign not only prevented a quick French victory, it emboldened other countries to once again take up arms. And this time, they were prepared to take on the world’s greatest general. ... Show More

Within the turmoil of the French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte stands out to his military superiors, first by defeating the British at Toulon, then by putting down a royalist mob in Paris when outnumbered four to one, with a “whiff of grapeshot”. Having finally shaken off the hu ... Show More

The French Revolution was a watershed event in world history that began in 1789 and ended in the late 1790s with the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte. During this period, French citizens radically altered their political landscape, uprooting centuries-old institutions such as the mon ... Show More

Many thought that Germany was capable of winning World War One until the very end. Unlike World War 2, in which the Allies believed that victory was inevitable as early as 1943, this was not the case with the Great War. It is also easy to assume that German defeat was inevitable ... Show More

En février 2024, Missak Manouchian entrait au Panthéon, rejoignant d’autres célèbres résistants : Jean Moulin, Félix Eboué, Germaine Tillion, Pierre Brossolette et Joséphine Baker. Face à la défaite française en juin 1940 et à l’occupation d’une partie du territoire français par ... Show More

<p>Steven, James and Rudy sit down for a long discussion on the French Communist Party from its inception all the way to its present state. We cover all the periods in its history: the Pre-WW2 Popular Front, the post WW2 entrance into government, its isolation, and its coming bac ... Show More

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the treaties France entered into with the United States of America in 1778, to give open support to the USA in its revolutionary war against Britain and to promote French trade across the Atlantic. This alliance had profound consequences for all th ... Show More

The Invention of France #3 

Après le débarquement allié en Afrique du Nord en novembre 1942 il y a trois France qui s’opposent : celle de Vichy, celle de Londres et celle d’Alger. Mais l’assassinat le 24 décembre 1942 à Alger de l’amiral Darlan va changer la donne. En effet si dans un premier temps le génér ... Show More