Prussian was viewed as the leading Germany power after their victory in the Austro-Prussian War and Napoleon III, emperor of France, did not like that too much. It was also provoke by Otto von Bismarck, chancellor of Prussia, in an attempt to make Germany a nation union.
The Franco-Prussian War resulted in the annexation by the North German Confederation of Alsace-Lorraine.
Germany (Prussia) and France declared war on each other in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871.
As the result of France's loss in the Franco-Prussian War, the northeastern French Province of Alsace Lorraine (called Elsass-Lohringen in German) was ceded to Greater Germany.
The Austro-Prussian War joined together the north German states. After Prussia won the Franco-Prussian War, the peace treaty declared the unification of Germany.
It was built as an 'Act of National Repentance' after France declared, fought and lost the Franco-Prussian war in 1870, and it was finished in 1919, when the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, taken into Germany in 1870, were returned to France.
It was built as an 'Act of National Repentance' after France declared, fought and lost the Franco-Prussian war in 1870, and it was finished in 1919, when the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, taken into Germany in 1870, were returned to France.
the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine
The Franco Prussian War. There had been many years of tension between France and Prussia. In 1868 Queen Isabella of Spain was deposed and there was some argument about the Prussian candidate for the vacant throne. Insults were passed between the Prussian King and the French Ambassador. Public opinion was in uproar so that on the 19th July 1870 France declared war on Prussia only, although the other German states joined in. The German armies defeated France and the war came to an end on the 10th May 1871
The Treaty of Frankfurt ended the Franco-Prussian war and marked the entry of a newly unified Germany which was dominated by the empires of England and France for a long time. This treaty made France pay them an indemnity of 5 billion Francs and kept an army in France until it had been paid. Because of this, France surrendered Strasburg, Alsace and part of Lorraine to Bismark.
France had to hand over the Alsace and the Lorraine to the German Empire.
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