At the end of this uprising the revolutionaries murdered their hostages, including the city's archbishop.
At the end of this uprising the revolutionaries murdered their hostages, including the city's archbishop. Sparked by a bungled attempt to disarm the National Guard, it began with the election of a 92 member government to oppose Louis Thiers, who was forced to briefly retreat to Versailles before Marie MacMahon brutally recaptured the city. FTP, what was this March-May 1871 French uprising that followed France's humiliating defeat in the Franco- Prussian War?
At the end of this uprising the revolutionaries murdered their hostages, including the city's archbishop.
Paris Commune (accept Communards)