THE FRANCO-BRITISH UNION OF 1940: A DECISION THAT COULD CHANGE THE HISTORY OF EUROPE IN THE 20TH CENTURY
Abstract
At the beginning of World War II, when the French Republic was about to capitulate after the German offensive in the spring of 1940, the allied governments of Great Britain and France debated a project for the creation of a new state: the Franco-British Union. It was the first time in history that two great European states had tackled such a proposal. The project became a milestone in the history of European legal, political and institutional integration.
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