# Three-Year Law extends military service (1913)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1913-three-year-law-extends-military-service
Location: France

The law lengthened conscription amid fear of German military strength. Within the broader Third Republic period, The Third Republic survived war, the Commune, constitutional crises and fierce ideological conflict. It expanded mass schooling and empire, faced the Dreyfus Affair, fought World War I and entered the troubled interwar era. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Raymond Poincaré (President of the French Republic). Three-Year Law extends military service is a useful marker in the longer transformation of political authority, society and culture in France. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Three-Year Law extends military service is a useful marker in the longer transformation of political authority, society and culture in France.

Ruler at the time: [Raymond Poincaré](https://history-france.com/rulers/raymond-poincare)

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