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Interwar France covers the political, economic, diplomatic, cultural and social history of France from 1918 to 1939. France suffered heavily during World War I in terms of lives lost, disabled veterans and ruined agricultural and industrial areas occupied by Germany as well as heavy borrowing from the United States, Britain, and the French ...
Dec 19, 2017 · French Air Transport of the Interwar. A (principal) route map for Air France in 1938. In actuality, the French air network was even larger. France has always been one of the great aviation nations, and was a pioneer of air transport. Arguably the first nation to possess an international airoute, launched on March 22 1919 between Paris and ...
In October 1914 a squadron of seven airplanes had been established on an airstrip at Le Bourget to protect Paris, after German planes and dropped bombs on the city. In August 1918, the first postal delivery by air arrived at this airport, carrying letters to American soldiers serving in France.
Jan 28, 2022 · Published Jan 28, 2022. Today marks 87 years since the Potez 62 first took to the skies. Designed by the legendary Henry Potez, the inventor of World War I's Potez-Bloch propeller, the twin-engine performed its maiden flight on January 28th, 1935, helping Air France grow in the crucial interwar period of French civil aviation.
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The interwar years. German reparations; Financial crisis; Collective security; Internal conflict on the left; The Great Depression and political crises; German aggressions; Society and culture under the Third Republic. Economy; Cultural and scientific attainments; France since 1940. Wartime France. The Vichy government; The Resistance ...
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. The 1920s and 1930s, or the interwar years, found the United States "air-minded." In this period between World War I and World War II record setting flights made headlines, explorers set out on new adventure via aircraft, new aviation technology was introduced, and more people entered into the ...
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was born on 22 November 1890 in Lille, the third of five children. [2] He was raised in a devoutly Catholic and traditional family. His father, Henri de Gaulle, was a professor of history and literature at a Jesuit college and eventually founded his own school. [3] : 42–47.
