Of course, what made Thiers renowned across Europe was not only his suppression of a certain movement, but also his personal signing of the diplomatic document for the indemnity of 5 billion francs to Prussia.
Perhaps the citizens of Paris did not expect that their action, initiated to oppose the government's weakness towards Prussia, would ultimately lead the government to be even weaker towards Prussia.
Of course, the French government also had an extremely tough side. However, the toughness of the Third Republic manifested in the citizens' movements in Paris, where Thiers became renowned throughout Europe through brutal and bloody suppression.
How brutal was the suppression at that time? French newspapers once reported scenes of massacre: "A blood channel from a barrack flowed into the Seine River, hundreds of meters of river water were polluted, presenting a long, narrow blood river."
Yes, it was by the banks of the renowned Seine River.
