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- The story of Alsace and Lorraine begins in 1871, after the Franco-Prussian War. France, defeated by Germany, was forced to cede these territories to the newly formed German Empire. The area, with its ancient German associations and a large German-speaking population, was incorporated into Germany, ending French control.
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Alsace–Lorraine (German: Elsaß–Lothringen), officially the Imperial Territory of Alsace–Lorraine (‹See Tfd› German: Reichsland Elsaß–Lothringen), was a former territory of the German Empire, located in modern-day France.
Sep 20, 2024 · The loss of Alsace-Lorraine was a major cause of anti-German feeling in France in the period from 1871 to 1914. France also suffered economically from the loss of Alsace-Lorraine’s valuable iron ore deposits, iron- and steelmaking plants, and other industries to Germany.
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Dec 7, 2018 · France. Why 100 years after, Alsace remains a region ‘in between’. On 8 December 1918, the French president Raymond Poincaré, along with Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau and several generals...
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The fragmentation of the territories of the Holy Roman Empire, corresponding today to the historical regions of Lorraine and Alsace, made it relatively easy for the Kingdom of France to pursue a policy of annexation based on a "natural" frontier, the Rhine.
Alsace-Lorraine was occupied by Germany in 1940 during the Second World War. Although it was never formally annexed, Alsace-Lorraine was incorporated into the Greater German Reich, which had been restructured into Reichsgau. Alsace was merged with Baden, and Lorraine with the Saarland, to become part of a planned Westmark.
Alsace-Lorraine, Area, eastern France. It is now usually considered to include the present-day French departments of Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin, and Moselle. The area was ceded by France to Germany in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian War.
Jun 11, 2018 · Victorious in 1940, Nazi Germany immediately annexed the former Alsace-Lorraine and named Robert Heinrich Wagner gauleiter (leader of a regional branch of the Nazi party) of Alsace and Joseph Bürckel gauleiter of Lorraine.
