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HIST 127 - Deadly Embrace: France and Germany, 1805-1945


1 unit(s)
The tumultuous relationship between France and Germany turned into a duel of nations that made Europe a “dark continent” for more than a century and led straight into several terrible catastrophes, culminating in two world wars and the occupation of France by Nazi soldiers. This course investigates the explosive impact of the French revolution on its German admirers before and after more than a dozen Napoleonic invasions across the Rhine, the war of 1870-71 and its impact on liberal German nationalism and on French socialism (the fall of the Paris commune), the Dreyfus affair and how it shaped French politics and society, and the Schlieffen plan and why its execution led to three years of bloody trench warfare. We get a unique perspective on the failure of socialism and victory of fascism in interwar Europe. The most provocative readings explore how the rise of Hitler led to the occupation of France, the creation of a collaborationist government, and French participation in the Holocaust. Final topic is the “miraculous turn” in French-German relation after 1945 that made the creation of the European Union possible. Ms. Pohl.

Not offered in 2013/14.



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