The Paris Commune: France's Bloody Spring

In the spring of 1871, Paris rose up to establish its own revolutionary government — the Paris Commune — only to be crushed in a week of savage street fighting known as 'Bloody Week.' Lucas and Luna explore the Commune's socialist experiments, the role of women like Louise Michel, the burning of the Tuileries Palace, and the lasting trauma that divided France for generations. They discuss the Commune's origins in the Franco-Prussian War, the symbolic destruction of the Vendôme Column, and how Adolphe Thiers' national government massacred perhaps 20,000 Parisians. From the cannon crisis on Montmartre to the final stand at Père Lachaise Cemetery, this episode uncovers a radical experiment in direct democracy and its brutal suppression. #ParisCommune #BloodyWeek #FrancoPrussianWar #LouiseMichel #AdolpheThiers #Montmartre #PereLachaise #VendomeColumn #SemaineSanglante #ThirdRepublic #Communards #Versailles #NationalGuard #Socialism #FrenchHistory #Revolution #History #FexingoHistory #FrenchRevolution #NapoleonBonaparte Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo