5 February 1938Birth of John GuareJohn Guare
Birth of John Guare, playwright
Historical records for France in 1938, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Birth of John Guare, playwright
Britain and France recognize the Franco Government in Spain
The Government falls
Italy declares the 1935 pact with France invalid, because ratifications had not been exchanged
Forms a Socialist Cabinet
Appointed Prime Minister of France, 2nd term
Forms a popular front coalition of radicals, Socialists & Communists
Appointed Prime Minister of France, 3rd term
Bonnet supported Anglo-French proposals intended to avert war through territorial concessions by Czechoslovakia.
Daladier joined British ministers in developing proposals to transfer German-majority areas of Czechoslovakia.
Bonnet focused on the dispute over whether German occupation should begin immediately or after an international process.
Daladier examined the Godesberg memorandum after Chamberlain returned from Germany without an agreement.
Bonnet focused on the dispute over whether German occupation should begin immediately or after an international process.
Daladier examined the Godesberg memorandum after Chamberlain returned from Germany without an agreement.
Daladier rejected Germany's demand for immediate military occupation and supported French precautionary mobilization.
Gamelin supervised French military preparations as the prospect of war over Czechoslovakia increased.
Daladier joined Chamberlain in emergency consultations on the German demands and the risk of war.
Daladier joined Chamberlain in emergency consultations on the German demands and the risk of war.
Follows policy of appeasement & signs the Munich agreement
Daladier represented France at the conference and accepted the transfer of the Sudetenland to Germany.
Follows policy of appeasement & signs the Munich agreement
Daladier signed the agreement requiring Czechoslovakia to evacuate designated Sudeten territories.
Daladier returned to Paris and received a large public welcome despite his doubts about the agreement.
Visited by Ribbentrop in Paris, signs a German-French agreement
Appointed Chief of Staff
Appointed Colonel
Appointed Foreign Minister, 3rd term
Directs La Bete humaine.
Publication of "La France et son Armee"
Appointed Minister of Co-ordination
Appointed Minister of Finance
Appointed Minister of Justice, 2nd term
Sartre publishes Nausea, a novel exploring contingency, freedom and existential unease.
"take place without bloodshed in such a way as to save the face of France & England"
Helps form a popular front with the Communist Party & Leon Blums Socialist Party
Directs Port of Shadows.
Appointed Prime Minister of France
Municipal authorities introduced protective measures for the embroidery and other collections before the Second World War.
Continues nuclear chemistry research at the Radium Institute.
Resigns because of opposition from the Senate
Signs the Treaty of Munich. Argues France cannot help Austria, Poland or Czech
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