Socialists fighting to the death; Paris Commune, 1871

Men and women of the Commune fighting, to the death, against troops of the National Guard, Paris. At the end of the Franco-Prussian war, Parisian socialists set up the Commune and refused to surrender Paris to the rightwing French government. This led to bitter fighting on the streets of the city and large-scale executions of Communards

Bitter Communards Commune Executions Mort Refused Rightwing

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