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For centuries,Europe was the scene of frequent and bloody wars. In period 1870 to 1945, france and germany fought each other three times,with terrible loss of life. A number of European leaders became convinced that the only way to secure a la lasting peace between their countries was to unite them economically and politically.
Britain and France had seized most of them in World War 1 and wanted to keep them. The victorious allies were keen to keep Germany weak after the devastation that had been caused in the "war to end all wars" and so Germany's overseas empire was confiscated. They were not keen on Germany being a world power, either. The League of Nations (an early version of the UN), newly created and led by France and Britain, decided to split the German colonies between France and Britain, but they would not be classed as parts of their empire, instead they would be "protectorates". The plan was for France and Britain to oversee and protect these territories while they built up their own government, the two empires could then make them fully independent. As it turned out however this did not happen and the territories virtually became part of the British and French empires.
It was static because both sides were evenly matched, neither had the resources to make a prolonged offensive, and so the war become a war of attrition, and the Allies one due to the blockade imposed on Germany, thus they cracked before the Allies did. (It was only static on the Western Fronts, i.e. France/Belgium and Northern Italy etc.)
I know of one effect and that is that now the allies now have another way to get to the German forces.* The allies pushed through France towards the German border, proving that the German war machine was not invincible. The war started coming to its end in the European theater. Many soldiers lost there lives on D-day and during the months after. The German forces were defeated when Germany become surrounded by the Allies with the Russians to the south, and the British, Americans, and the Canadians to the south. D-day was the start of the end of the war in Europe.
It did NOT become and idependent state like Clemenceau wanted, instead it joined on to France.
France and Russia became allies in 1892 and that ended again in 1904.
it convinced the french to become the American's allies
France became allies with America in the war for Independence. They had never liked Britain, and wanted to get some pay back after their defeat in the French and Indian War, also called The Seven Years War, which was between France, The Colonies, Britain, and the Native Americans (Also called Indians because when Columbo landed in America, he thought that he was in the West Indies.)
because their strength convinced France to cease their attacks on American ships.
They saw that France had allied with the patriots and knew that the Patriots had a chance of winning.
it hurt his chances for re-election
The American victory at the Battle of Saratoga convinced France to become an ally of the United States.
The Allies, also known as the Triple Entente, consisted of: * Britain * France * Russia Italy signed the Treaty of London in 1917, and switched sides to become on the side of the Allies, and also in 1917 the USA joined the war on the side of the Allies.
Most colonies probably felt the same, except the German colonies had all become Mandates of the UK, France or Belgium.
The main allies were Russia, France, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Italy, Japan, and the United States.
The other British Colonies in what would become the United States and France.
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