who was the president of france during ww1
Georges Benjamin Clemenceau
title: Paul Doumer text: Paul Doumer Joseph Athanase Gaston Paul Doumer, commonly known as Paul Doumer (; 22 March 18577 May 1932) was the President of France from 13 June 1931 until his assassination on 7 May 1932. Doumer was born in Aurillac, in the Cantal "département", in France on 22 March 1857. Alumnus of the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, he became a professor of mathematics at Mende in 1877. In 1878 Doumer married Blanche Richel, whom he had met at college. They had eight children, four of whom were killed in the First World War (including the French air ace René title: Military history of France during World War II text: hands. Paul Reynaud resigned because he believed a majority of his government favoured an armistice. He was succeeded by a patriarchal figure, 84-year-old World War I veteran "Maréchal" Philippe Pétain. On June 16, the new French President of the Council, Philippe Pétain (the President of the Republic office was vacant from July 11, 1940 until 16 January 1947), began negotiations with Axis officials. On June 17, 1940, Marshal Pétain delivered an infamous appeal to the French people via radio ordering them « "we must stop fighting" » (« "il faut cesser le combat" »). On June 21, Italian troops crossed title: Paris in World War I text: the balance of the war. In November 1917, Georges Clemenceau of the Radical Party became the new prime minister of France. He had been a fierce opponent of the government and now became an even more fierce proponent of carrying the war to victory; his often repeated slogan was "La Guerre jusqu'au bout" ("War until the end".) He resided in an apartment on Rue Benjamin-Franklin and conducted the war not from the prime minister's traditional residence at the Hôtel Matignon, but from the Ministry of War on Rue Saint-Dominique. He made frequent visits to the front, close to the German title: François Mitterrand text: World War I, for which he was revered by his contemporaries. Later, however, he became leader of Vichy France after the French defeat by Germany (June 1940) in World War II, collaborating with Nazi Germany and putting anti-semitic measures into place. The placing of such a wreath was not without precedent. Presidents Charles de Gaulle and Valéry Giscard d'Estaing had wreaths placed on Pétain's grave to commemorate the 50th and 60th anniversaries of the end of World War I. Similarly, President Georges Pompidou had a wreath placed in 1973 when Pétain's remains were returned to the Ile d'Yeu after being title: Paul Deschanel text: In this role he played a great part during World War I as the national orator; he delivered orations more frequently than he made speeches. He served until he was elected President of France on 17 January 1920 by an overwhelming majority, having beaten Georges Clemenceau in the preliminary party ballot. Deschanel aspired to a much more active role as president than had been "de rigueur" under the Third Republic; but, for reasons of his own mental health, was unable to put his ideas to the test. As president, his eccentric behaviour caused some consternation; on one occasion, after a