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France was in a fight with Italy between Alsace and Lorraine. This dispute was territorial. Italy wanted to claim Alsace and Lorraine as theirs and yet France would not allow it.
The Alsace-Lorraine region was claimed by both France and Germany in the 19th century after the Franco-Prussian War. Bismarck went along with the German Emperor's position that Alsace-Lorraine should be annexed to form part of Germany.
Alsace-Lorraine in eastern France was contested from 1870-1945.
The conflict involved the factional disputes between the aristocratic houses of France and the House of Guise (Lorraine).
Alsace-Lorraine
France was in a fight with Italy between Alsace and Lorraine. This dispute was territorial. Italy wanted to claim Alsace and Lorraine as theirs and yet France would not allow it.
The territories of Alsace and Lorraine.
The WW2 conflict between Germany and Russia .
The Cold War
The Alsace-Lorraine region was claimed by both France and Germany in the 19th century after the Franco-Prussian War. Bismarck went along with the German Emperor's position that Alsace-Lorraine should be annexed to form part of Germany.
The area that France and Germany fought for in the battle of Verdun were the eastern regions of Lorraine and Alsace; these regions were in between Germany and the French capital Paris.
Alsace-Lorraine in eastern France was contested from 1870-1945.
l'Alsace-Lorraine, properly the distinct French regions of Alsace and Lorraine, are bordering Germany. Both regions were seized by the Germans following the defeat of France in 1870, and became French again in 1918. During WWII the Germans annexed again the Alsace and Lorraine regions, saying they were 'historically German'
Alsace-Lorraine
United Kingdom
Germany fought a war with France in 1871 and took Alsace-Lorraine (on the border between the countries) which France then took back after the war.
The conflict involved the factional disputes between the aristocratic houses of France and the House of Guise (Lorraine).