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  2. Territorial evolution of France - Wikipedia

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    In the Treaty of Paris in 1947, France gained approximately 700 km 2 of territory from Italy, spread over the departments of the Alpes-Maritimes, Hautes-Alpes and Savoie. France-Italy Boundary after the Treaty of Paris, 1947. annexation of the Tende Valley, which had remained Italian when the County of Nice became French in 1860. The border ...

  3. Verdun - Wikipedia

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    Verdun (/ v ɜːr ˈ d ʌ n / vur-DUN, [3] UK also / ˈ v ɛər d ʌ n / VAIR-dun; [4] US also / v ɛər ˈ d ʌ n / vair-DUN, [5] French: ⓘ; official name before 1970: Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a city in the Meuse department in Grand Est, northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department.

  4. Battle of Verdun - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Verdun (French: Bataille de Verdun [bataj də vɛʁdœ̃]; German: Schlacht um Verdun [ʃlaxt ʔʊm ˈvɛɐ̯dœ̃]) was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took place on the hills north of Verdun.

  5. Battle of Verdun (1792) - Wikipedia

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    The first Battle of Verdun was fought between 29 August and 2 September 1792 between French Revolutionary forces and a Prussian army during the opening months of the War of the First Coalition. The Prussians were victorious, gaining a clear westward path to Paris .

  6. List of wars involving France - Wikipedia

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    Paris Commune (1871) Location: Paris. French Third Republic: Communards National Guards: Third Republic victory Annexation of the Leeward Islands (1880–1897) Location: Society Islands. France Tahiti (French protectorate) Raiatea-Tahaa Huahine Bora Bora: French Victory French conquest of Tunisia (1881) Location: Tunisia. France: Beylik of ...

  7. Philippe Pétain - Wikipedia

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    At the opening of the Battle of Verdun in 1916 Pétain is said to have been fetched during the night from a Paris hotel by a staff officer who knew that he could be found with Eugénie Hardon. [84] She had no children by Pétain but already had a son from her first marriage, Pierre de Hérain , whom Pétain strongly disliked.

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