The Franco-Czechoslovak Relations since Liberation to February Coup in 1945 – 1948
Abstract
Could two nations have succeeded in Europe after the Second World War - Čechura and the French - who fell victim to the Nazi invasion and among whom even before this attack dug a steep trench, the Munich Agreement, to bring them together again and villas privileged relationships from the interwar period? It was possible under the circumstances the distribution of world power, especially in Europe, completely reversed and when the two superpowers consolidated powers - the United States and the Soviet Union? And when the second of them - the USSR - already casts its shadow on
eastern half of the European continent and exerts a dominant influence on Czechoslovak politics? Before we deal with Franco-Czechoslovak relations in the years 1945-1948, when the February coup took place in Prague, and thus their breakdown, we consider it necessary to state a few basic data, the validity of which will be confirmed throughout the article.
Author Biography
Yvon Lacaze
Yvon Lacaze
a graduate of the Ecole des Charles, he has been working as a researcher at the State Scientific Center since 1962 research (CNRS) at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the years 1962-1986, he participated in publication of French diplomatic documents on the origins of the Second World War (1932-1939) and today cooperates in the publication of French diplomatic documents for the period after the 20th century. July 1954. In 1990, he received a state doctorate in philosophy. He elaborated his dissertation on the topic French public opinion and the Munich crisis. For his book-published dissertation under entitled L'opinion publique française et la crise de Munich was awarded the Renouvin Prize, awarded by the Institute of the History of Contemporary International Relations (IHRJC). Academy of moral and of political sciences awarded him the Chaix d'Estange prize for the aforementioned work and for the book La France et Munich: Etude ďun processus décisionnel en matière de relations intemationales.