Georges Clemenceau talking with farmers near the front, Chemin des Dames, France Product:Postcard View of Fort Samson'

View of Fort Samson'

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The catalyst to bringing this about was the Franco-Prussian War of 1870

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Georges Clemenceau talking with farmers near the front, Chemin des Dames, France Product:Postcard View of Fort Samson'Georges Clemenceau talking with farmers near the front, Chemin des Dames, France, 1918. Clemenceau (1841 1929) was appointed Prime Minister of France in November 1917. He worked tirelessly to restore French morale, damaged by the disastrous Nivelle offensive and the mutinies that followed it, and persuaded the Allies to accept a unified military command under General Ferdinand Foch.