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The wide boulevards certainly helped the French Army in drowning the Commune in blood soon afterwards, though.
by paganel 6y ago
The wide boulevards certainly helped the French Army in drowning the Commune in blood soon afterwards, though.
- boomboomsubban 6y agoThe Commune was also fairly unique among French revolts as it did not begin in Paris, rather it was Paris reacting to their emperor getting captured in battle.
- throw_away 6y agoThere was a bit more than just Napoleon III getting captured. Paris was subsequently sieged and captured by the Prussians. Afterwards, the Prussian troops were kept nearby and occasionally paraded through the streets. The Commune arose also due to power disagreements with the new Third Republic and an attempted seizure of cannons in Paris.