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What happened to the French Third Republic during World War II?

  • It fell to Nazi forces

  • It joined the Axis Powers

  • It remained neutral

  • It joined the Allied Powers

Answer

The French Third Republic fell less than a year after the outbreak of World War II when Nazi forces occupied much of France. It was replaced by the rival governments of Charles de Gaulle's Free France and Philippe Pétain's French State.
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