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3 unusual facts about 6 February 1934 crisis


6 February 1934 crisis

This new scandal, which involved Bayonne's Crédit municipal bank, exploded in December 1933.

Although these leagues were not a new phenomenon (the old Ligue des Patriotes ("Patriot League") had been founded by Paul Déroulède in 1882), they played an important role following World War I, in particular when the left wing was in power, as it had been since the 1932 legislative elections.

Opposing this view, other historians, such as Michel Dobry or Zeev Sternhell, considered them as being fully fascist leagues.



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