Germany annexed the previously-independent countries of Baden, Bavaria, Württemberg, and Hesse-Darmstadt. Germany also annexed the French territories of Alsace and Lorraine which Germany renamed as Elsaß-Lothringen.
The Franco-Prussian war resulted in the following: 1. The defeat and fall of the French Empire of Napoleon the Third and the advent of the Second French Republic. 2. The proclamation of the German Empire under the king of Prussia; 3. The annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, after the final defeat of the French Republican Army 4. The stipulation of the Treaty of Peace.
The Germans had won the Franco - Prussian war and had taken the territories Alsace and Lorraine away from France. The French began to hate the Germans. This could be a factor in the start to WWI.
The border between France and Germany is know as The Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine. It was created in 1871 by the German Empire after they won the Franco-Prussian War.
In 1871, at the end of the Franco-Prussian War, Germany had imposed heavy reparations on France and had annexed Alsace-Lorraine, where the majority of the population regarded itself as French.
The French aspired to regain the cities of Alsace and Lorraine, which were surrendered after the Franco-Prussian War.
The Germans had won the Franco - Prussian war and had taken the territories Alsace and Lorraine away from France. The French began to hate the Germans. This could be a factor in the start to WWI.
alsace-lorraine
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.
France wanted Alsace-Lorraine back, as she had lost them during the 1870 Franco-Prussian War. The French Third Republic regained the territories when it sent troops to support an uprising there against the Germans in November 1918. The return of the Alsace-Lorraine region to French rule was formally recognized by the Treaty of Versailles.
Germany annexed the previously-independent countries of Baden, Bavaria, Württemberg, and Hesse-Darmstadt. Germany also annexed the French territories of Alsace and Lorraine which Germany renamed as Elsaß-Lothringen.
The Franco-Prussian war resulted in the following: 1. The defeat and fall of the French Empire of Napoleon the Third and the advent of the Second French Republic. 2. The proclamation of the German Empire under the king of Prussia; 3. The annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, after the final defeat of the French Republican Army 4. The stipulation of the Treaty of Peace.
The Germans had won the Franco - Prussian war and had taken the territories Alsace and Lorraine away from France. The French began to hate the Germans. This could be a factor in the start to WWI.
The border between France and Germany is know as The Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine. It was created in 1871 by the German Empire after they won the Franco-Prussian War.
Prussia had defeated France in the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 in order to unite the German states into one country. In doing so, they had taken the duchies of Alsace and Lorraine from France. Those were highly contested territories between the nations. During World War I, forty-three years later, France wanted Alsace and Lorraine back, as well as revenge.
In 1871, at the end of the Franco-Prussian War, Germany had imposed heavy reparations on France and had annexed Alsace-Lorraine, where the majority of the population regarded itself as French.
The river Rhine forms the eastern border of the French region of Alsace. It does not border the region of Lorraine. Note: Alsace and Lorraine are two separate French Regions, not one region.