Episode 1 of 2
Founding of Action Française
- When
- 1899
- Where
- Paris
- Part of
- Founding of Action Française
Maurice Pujo and Henri Vaugeois established Action Française in 1899 as a nationalist reaction against the Dreyfus affair, leaving the Ligue de la Patrie française.
In 1899, Maurice Pujo and Henri Vaugeois left the Ligue de la Patrie française to establish a new movement called Action Française. They created its official journal, Revue de l'Action Française. This action was a nationalist reaction against the intervention of left-wing intellectuals on behalf of Alfred Dreyfus.
Sources
- Action Française Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27
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