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- Unlike earlier presidents, however, Poincaré took an active role in policy formation. His strong sense of nationalism moved him to work diligently to secure France’s defense, strengthening alliances with Britain and Russia and supporting legislation to raise national military service from two years to three.
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Nov 9, 2009 · French statesman Raymond Poincaré (1860-1934) served his country as president during World War I (1914-18) and later as prime minister during a series of financial crises. Before the war,...
Apr 2, 2024 · Throughout World War I (1914–18) he strove to preserve national unity, even confiding the government to Clemenceau, the man best qualified to lead the country to victory. After his term as president ran out in 1920, Poincaré returned to the Senate and was for a time chairman of the reparations commission.
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Signature. Raymond Nicolas Landry Poincaré ( French pronunciation: [ʁɛmɔ̃ pwɛ̃kaʁe]; 20 August 1860 – 15 October 1934) was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1913 to 1920, and three times as Prime Minister of France . Trained in law, Poincaré was elected deputy in 1887 and served in the cabinets of Dupuy and Ribot.
On 4 August 1914, in his first speech after the declaration of war, Raymond Poincaré, president of the French Republic, did not outline any aims other than the ''Union sacrée'' (sacred union) and the defence of the country’s borders. Once the hopes for a short war had been dispelled, it was necessary for France to define more precise war aims.
Raymond Poincaré made a long-lasting impression when, on 4 August 1914, in his message read to the chambers by the President of the Council, he urged French people to form a sacred union or “ union sacrée ”. The expression was a great success and was commonly used, for instance to prevent quarrels between political parties.
Dec 16, 2015 · He concludes that French President Raymond Poincaré did not, in his dealings with Russia, actively intend a military escalation of the July Crisis, but that his aim was to achieve a political victory for the Entente. Footnote 23 That said, Poincaré was prepared, in this pursuit, to risk war if Germany insisted on taking things further. On the ...
Jun 30, 2009 · WWI Document Archive > 1914 Documents > President Poincaré's War Message. Address to Parliament. From the French Yellow Book Journal Officiel, Paris, August 5, 1914. GENTLEMEN: France has just been the object of a violent and premeditated attack, which is an insolent defiance of the law of nations. Before any declaration of war had been sent ...
