What did the French gain or lose in World War 1?

Answer 1

The French joined in WW1 along with the British side. They had been suffered a lot from the Germans. A lot of damaged properties, big loss of soldiers etc. The government was very pissed off with the germans. Later on by 1919, the treaty of Versaille, when the Germans lost the War, France was invited to the conference as we had known as "the big three" (britain and USA too). This was a great oppurtunity for the French to revenge. They got the Germans to accept the "war guilt" and Germany lost their land to mostly France, Germany also had to pay a lot for reparations. Basically France wanted to weaken the German army.

Answer 2

In 1918-19 France regained Alsace-Lorraine, which it had lost to Germany in 1871. The Saarland was placed under French rule till 1935, after which the local people decided in a referendum (plebsicite) to rejoin Germany.

Answer 3

After World War I, France gained a number of immediate benefits which, in the long run, proved to be of little value. While receiving reparations from their enemies and occupying portions of once-German land, the French nonetheless slipped into a post-war malaise which prevented them from maintaining the vigilance necessary for a long-lasting peace. Viewed in light of World War II, France gained very little from their victory in World War I.

Answer 4

France hoped to regain the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine in WWI, and for revenge on Germany for the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, which was when they lost those two provinces to Germany. In 1870 France was alarmed by the potential power of the newly united German nation (before then there had been dozens of "Germanic States" where Germany is today on the map). So France picked a fight with Germany, got a war started, and promptly lost. Then they spent the next forty years pining for their lost provinces and burning for revenge.

Answer 5

The duchies of Alsace and Lorraine

Answer 6

Unknown

Answer 7

yes!