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About how many Communards died in the Bloody Week of 21-28 May 1871?
The Versailles army killed an estimated 10,000-15,000 Communards in the Semaine Sanglante — most by post-surrender execution rather than combat. Versailles army losses were about 880. Karl Marx published The Civil War in France on 13 June 1871.
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The Two-Month Revolutionary Government of Paris in Spring 1871 That Was Suppressed in a Single Week of Street Fighting Known as the Bloody Week The Paris Commune ruled the French capital from 18 March to 28 May 1871. It was established after the Franco-Prussian War defeat and the bourgeois Versailles government's attempt to disarm Paris. The Versailles army retook the city in the Semaine Sanglante ("Bloody Week") of 21-28 May 1871, killing approximately 10,000-15,000 Communards in street fighting and executions.
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