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*'''[http://dl.lib.brown.edu/paris/index.html Paris: Capital of the 19th Century]'''
::A Brown University Library Digital Collection.
::Online access to pictorial works and texts that provide a window into the cultural, political and social context of 19th century Parisian culture.
::(19th century; images and French language textual facsimiles)
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*'''[http://icp.ge.ch/po/cliotexte/la-premiere-guerre-mondiale/alliance.france.russie.html <i>Textes sur les rapports franco-russe (fin XIXe si&egrave;cle)</i>]'''
::Documentary excerpts on Franco-Russian relations at the end of the 19th century.
::(1892-1896; French transcriptions)
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*'''[http://abu.cnam.fr/cgi-bin/donner_html?jaccuse3 Dreyfus Affair: <i>J'accuse!</i> of &Eacute;mile Zola]'''
::(13 January 1898; French language transcription of <i>L'Aurore</i> article) 
*'''[http://icp.ge.ch/po/cliotexte/fin-xixe-siecle-et-debut-du-xxe-siecle/affaire.dreyfus.html <i>Textes sur l'affaire Dreyfus et l'Action fran&ccedil;aise</i>]'''
::Documentary excerpts on the the Dreyfus Affair and the counterrepublican movement, <i>Action fran&ccedil;aise</i>.
::(1894-1908; French transcriptions)
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*'''[http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/system/paper/index.cfm?fuseaction=paper.article&refId=%2FPEN%2F1910%2F12%2F03%2F20%2FAr02000%2Exml&collection=PEN&searchtext=germany&place= France's Grim Action Against German Spies]'''
::By Major Darnley Stewart-Stephens
::From Penny Illustrated Paper found on the [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/index.html British Library Website]
::(3 December 1910;Facsimiles)
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*'''[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/entecord.asp The Entente Cordiale Between England and France]'''
::Full text of the Franco-British agreement and declaration, with a link to the [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/entecord.asp#secret Secret Articles] signed at the same time.
::(8 April, 1904; English version taken from the 1911 Parliamentary Papers)
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*'''[http://www.collectionscanada.ca/confederation/index-e.html Canadian Confederation]'''
::Provincial historical documents regarding English and French interests.
::Digitised by the National Library of Canada.
::(19th and 20th centuries; transcriptions).
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*'''[http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/ <i>World War I Document Archive</i>]'''
::Documenting events from before Sarajevo until after Versailles.
::(pre-1914 - post-1918; translations and transcriptions)
::Major Resource 
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*'''[http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/The_French_Yellow_Book The French Yellow Book]'''
::Diplomatic documents related to the outbreak of World War I.
::(1913-1914; English translations) 
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*'''[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook38.html World War I]'''
::A collection of primary documents from the [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html Internet Modern History Sourcebook].
::(1914-1918; transcriptions and translations)

*'''[http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/ww1.htm Documents of World War I]'''
::Digital primary documents assembled at Mount Holyoke College.
::(1914-1919; translations)
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*'''[http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/interwar.htm Documents of the Interwar Period]'''
::Digital primary documents assembled at Mount Holyoke College.
::(1918-1941; translations)
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*'''[http://www.ph-ludwigsburg.de/html/2b-frnz-s-01/overmann/baf4/colonisation/colo1.htm <i>Texte sur la colonisation fran&ccedil;aise dans les ann&eacute;es trente</i>]'''
::Documentary excerpt on French colonization in the 1930s.
::(1931; French transcription)
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*'''[http://icp.ge.ch/po/cliotexte/annees-20-30-crises-totalitarisme/france.politique.30.html <i>Luttes politiques en France dans les ann&eacute;es trente</i>]'''
::Documentary excerpt on the political crisis of 1932.
::(17 April 1932; French transcription)
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*'''[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/imt/munich1.asp Munich Pact]'''
::Agreement concluded at Munich between Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy 
::(29 September 1938; English translation)
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*'''[http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/fyb/fyb-preface.html The French Yellow Book]''' of diplomatic documents.
::"Papers relative to the events and negotiations which preceded the opening of hostilities
:: &nbsp; between Germany on the one hand, and Poland, Great Britain and France on the other hand."
::Electronic version by permission of the French Government.
::(1938-1939; English translations)
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*'''[http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/daladier.htm Edouard Daladier, Premier of France: "Nazis' Aim is Slavery"]'''
::Radio address a few months before the German attack on France.
::(29 January 1940; English translation)  
*'''[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/wwii/frgearm.asp Franco-German Armistice]'''
::(25 June 1940; English translation) 
  
*'''[http://www.geocities.com/renelle1941/index.html <i>Lettres de Prison -- Victor Renelle</i>]'''
::Prison letters of a trade unionist prior to his execution.
::An example of French resistance during the early Vichy regime.
::(1940-1941; French transcriptions)
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*'''[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook45.html#War%20In%20Europe World War II in Europe]'''
::A collection of primary documents from the [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html Internet Modern History Sourcebook].
::(1939-1945; transcriptions and translations)

*'''[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/wwii.asp World War II]'''
::A collection of documents related to WWII.
::From the Avalon Project.
*'''[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/ Hyperwar: A Hypertext History of the Second World War]'''
::Official (mainly U.S.) government histories, source documents, and other primary references.
::(1939-1945; English transcriptions and translations)
*'''[http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/ww2.htm Documents of World War II]'''
::Digital primary documents assembled at Mount Holyoke College.
::(1939-1945; facsimiles)
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*'''[http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/archim/photographiescampsfrancais.htm Camps fran&ccedil;ais d'internement]'''
::Photos of internment camps in France during World War II.
::A part of the [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/archim/accueil.html Archim national cultural and historical database].
::(1939-1944; translations)
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*'''[http://icp.ge.ch/po/cliotexte/la-seconde-guerre-mondiale/collaboration.resistance.html <i>Collaboration et R&eacute;sistance</i>]'''
*'''[http://icp.ge.ch/po/cliotexte/la-seconde-guerre-mondiale/avortement.occupation.html <i>Vie quotidienne sous l'occupation</i>]'''
::Documentary excerpts on French collaboration, resistance, and daily life during the German occupation.
::(1940-1944; French transcriptions)
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*'''[http://www.ihtp.cnrs.fr/prefets/ La France dans la Deuxième Guerre mondiale - Frankreich im Zweiten Weltkrieg]
::Online access to the reports of the prefects of the Vichy government, one of the main sources for the history of Occupied France.
::(1940-1944; French & German-language transcriptions)
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*'''[http://www.archivesnormandie39-45.org/ Archives Normandie, 1939-1945]
::Complete and comprehensive searchable inventory of the photographs taken during the occupation, liberation and reconstruction of the Lower Normandy region in France. This is the first site in the world to offer free images of the Battle of Normandy in high definition.
::(1939-1945; images and descriptions)

*'''[http://www.britannica.com/dday Normandy 1944]
::Encyclopaedia Britannica's guide to the Normandy invasion of 1944.
::(1943-1944; transcriptions, audio, video, images, commentaries)

*'''[http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/Research/Digital_Documents/DDay/ddaypage.html D-Day, The Invasion of Normandy]'''
::Documents of the Eisenhower Library (scroll down the page).
::(1943-1944; facsimiles & photos)

*'''[http://www.flickr.com/photos/photosnormandie/ PhotosNormandie]
::Photographic collection of documents relating to D-Day.
::(1944; images and French-language descriptions)

*'''[http://www.lib.byu.edu/dlib/spc/eisenhower/ Eisenhower Communiques]'''
::Daily battle communiques from Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force Europe (SHAEF).
::Searchable database with full-text facsimiles.
::(6 June 1944 - 8 May 1945; text-searchable facsimiles)
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*'''[http://icp.ge.ch/po/cliotexte/la-seconde-guerre-mondiale/france.1945.html/?searchterm=paris%20lib%C3%A9r%C3%A9 <i>Libération et reconstruction</i>]'''
::The liberation of France
::(25 August 1945; French transcriptions) 
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*'''[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/arthistory/courses/parismaps/ Paris Maps]'''
::100 historical maps of Paris.
::(18th and 19th century; facsimiles -- GIF files) 
*'''[http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/france/france.html Historic Cities of France]'''
::A set of historical maps from Dr. Ronnie Ellenblum's [http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/ Historic Cities]
::(Facsimiles)
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*'''[http://www.wdl.org/en/item/3027/zoom.html Geographical Distribution of the Population in France]
::Digitized map of the population distribution in France in the late 18th century.
::(18th century; map)
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*'''[http://icp.ge.ch/po/cliotexte/sites/Arisitum/adihaf/cf1796.html <i>Chroniques de France</i>]'''
::A growing collection of documented texts.
::(From ancient times through 1914; Latin, Langue d'Oc, Langue d'Oil transcriptions and translations) 
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*'''[http://www.bmlisieux.com/ <i>La Bibliotheque Electronique de Lisieux</i>]'''
::The Electronic Library of Lisieux
::With source texts, some archived in zip-format.
::(17th - 20th centuries; French transcriptions) 
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*'''[http://www.cite-sciences.fr/cs/Satellite?c=Page&cid=1195217022070&pagename=Portail%2FMED%2FPortailLayout&pid=1195217022149 Scientifica]'''
::A collection of digitized French scientific books.
::(Late 18th - early 20th century; book-length facsimiles)

*'''[http://cnum.cnam.fr/ Conservatoire numérique des Arts & Métiers]
::Digital library on the history of science and technology.
::(18th - 20th centuries; French-language facsimiles of old books and periodicals)

*'''[http://www.bium.univ-paris5.fr/histmed/medica.htm Medic@ - Histoire Médecine Bibliothèque Numérique]
::Electronic resources dealing with the history of medicine and dentistry.
::Digitization project of the BIUM ("Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de médecine", Paris) Department for the History of Medicine.
::(16th - 19th centuries; facsimiles)
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*'''[http://archives.assemblee-nationale.fr/index.asp Les Archives de l'Asemblée nationale]
::Archives of the National Assembly:
::Legislative dossiers, historical accounts, lists of deputies, and much more. 
::(1789 - present; transcriptions, commentaries and facsimiles)
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*'''[http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/archim/accueil.html The French Ministry of Culture's <i>Archim</i> imagebank]'''
::Photographic reproductions of constitutions, edicts, treaties, letters, photos, atlases and official seals
::of relevance to French national and regional history --
::available either by [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/caran_fr?ACTION=NOUVEAU&USRNAME=nobody&USRPWD=4$4P search engine] or by [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/archim/dossiers.htm thematic "dossiers."]

*'''[http://www.histoire-image.org/ L'histoire par l'image 1789 - 1939]'''
::History presented through photographic and artistic images.
::Database with [http://www.histoire-image.org/site/rech/thematique.php thematic] and [http://www.histoire-image.org/site/rech/chronologique.php chronological] searches possible.
::(1789-1939; facsimile images)
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*'''[http://historicaltextarchive.com/links.php?op=viewslink&sid=40 Historical Text Archive: France]'''
::Includes primary and secondary documents, provided by Don Mabry.
::(Transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries, mostly in English)
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*'''[http://www.la-martiniere.com/ <i>Histoires et L&eacute;gendes de Savoie</i>]'''
::Historical documents and commentary on the region -- former duchy -- of Savoy.
::(1100 - present; French & Latin transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries)


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