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During World War II, France was split into a German-occupied north and an unoccupied south |
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Following World War II, France turned its attention to its African colonies, where there was a growing demand from the natives for independence |
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After a series of extremely savage battles, Allied armies liberated France in August 1944 from the German occupation |
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In May 1940, the Germans marched into an undefended Paris, and in the following month the French government signed an armistice |
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Beginning in 1919, French foreign policy aimed at keeping Germany weak through a system of alliances |