Germany (Prussia) and France declared war on each other in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871.
The tensions between France ans Prussia and that led to a war that lasted from 1870 to 1871 so for a year.
France lost to the Prussians.
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hoped that war against a common enemy would unite Germans.
The war of 1870 was the Franco-Prussian war.
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.
France did regain the eastern regions of Alsace and Lorraine, which it had lost in the 1870 war against Prussia.
During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871, Germany annexed the territories of Alsace and Lorraine from France. This territorial acquisition was formalized in the Treaty of Frankfurt in May 1871, which concluded the war. The loss of Alsace-Lorraine was a significant blow to France and contributed to a lasting sense of resentment between the two nations.
In the 1870's empires, imperialism and militarism rose in Europe. The Franco-Prussian War ended France's presupposed hegemony over European affairs.
They didn't actually take it during the first world war. They captured it just after the Franco-Prussian war in 1870.