Birth of John Guare
Birth of John Guare, playwright
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1938 in France
Explore 43 historical events and records for France in 1938.
Historical records for France in 1938
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February
Prime Minister of France
Britain and France recognize the Franco Government in Spain
March
Dismissal
The Government falls
Foreign Policy Statement at Paris
Italy declares the 1935 pact with France invalid, because ratifications had not been exchanged
Government
Forms a Socialist Cabinet
Prime Minister of France
Appointed Prime Minister of France, 2nd term
April
Prime Minister of France
Forms a popular front coalition of radicals, Socialists & Communists
Prime Minister of France
Appointed Prime Minister of France, 3rd term
September
Treaty of Munich
Bonnet supported Anglo-French proposals intended to avert war through territorial concessions by Czechoslovakia.
Treaty of Munich
Daladier joined British ministers in developing proposals to transfer German-majority areas of Czechoslovakia.
Bad Godesberg
Bonnet focused on the dispute over whether German occupation should begin immediately or after an international process.
Bad Godesberg
Daladier examined the Godesberg memorandum after Chamberlain returned from Germany without an agreement.
Godesberg
Bonnet focused on the dispute over whether German occupation should begin immediately or after an international process.
Godesberg
Daladier examined the Godesberg memorandum after Chamberlain returned from Germany without an agreement.
Treaty of Munich
Daladier rejected Germany's demand for immediate military occupation and supported French precautionary mobilization.
Treaty of Munich
Gamelin supervised French military preparations as the prospect of war over Czechoslovakia increased.
Bad Godesberg
Daladier joined Chamberlain in emergency consultations on the German demands and the risk of war.
Godesberg
Daladier joined Chamberlain in emergency consultations on the German demands and the risk of war.
Munich Agreement
Follows policy of appeasement & signs the Munich agreement
Treaty of Munich
Daladier represented France at the conference and accepted the transfer of the Sudetenland to Germany.
Treaty of Munich
Follows policy of appeasement & signs the Munich agreement
Treaty of Munich
Daladier signed the agreement requiring Czechoslovakia to evacuate designated Sudeten territories.
Treaty of Munich
Daladier returned to Paris and received a large public welcome despite his doubts about the agreement.
December
International Agreement at Paris
Visited by Ribbentrop in Paris, signs a German-French agreement
Other events (month unknown)
Chief of Staff
Appointed Chief of Staff
Colonel
Appointed Colonel
Foreign Secretary of France
Appointed Foreign Minister, 3rd term
La Bete humaine
Directs La Bete humaine.
La France et son Armee
Publication of "La France et son Armee"
Minister of Co-ordination
Appointed Minister of Co-ordination
Minister of Finance
Appointed Minister of Finance
Minister of Justice
Appointed Minister of Justice, 2nd term
Nausea
Sartre publishes Nausea, a novel exploring contingency, freedom and existential unease.
Partition
"take place without bloodshed in such a way as to save the face of France & England"
Popular Front
Helps form a popular front with the Communist Party & Leon Blums Socialist Party
Port of Shadows
Directs Port of Shadows.
Prime Minister of France
Appointed Prime Minister of France
Protection of Bayeux Tapestry
Municipal authorities introduced protective measures for the embroidery and other collections before the Second World War.
Radium Institute
Continues nuclear chemistry research at the Radium Institute.
Resignation of Leon Blum
Resigns because of opposition from the Senate
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