Public Opinion, the French Military and the Baltic Front: From Ignorance to the Discovery of a Geopolitical and National Issue (1914-1918). Communication à la Conférence "Society, war and history: The military, political and social developments of the First World War in the Baltic region (1914–1918)” (Riga, 26 juin 2014)
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Julien Gueslin, « Public Opinion, the French Military and the Baltic Front: From Ignorance to the Discovery of a Geopolitical and National Issue (1914-1918). Communication à la Conférence "Society, war and history: The military, political and social developments of the First World War in the Baltic region (1914–1918)” (Riga, 26 juin 2014) », HAL-SHS : histoire, ID : 10670/1.6p1z2q
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If the Latvian Riflemen were celebrated after the First World War in Latvia and in France where this contribution was seen as a proof of friendship between the two nations, it is interessing to see that this "built memory" is very different of the first perceptions of the Baltic Front the French could have. The impact on the struggle for the recognition for Latvia was weak. The chronology of events in Latvia up to 1919 was finally never in phase with the moments when French attention was on the Eastern Baltic.