Alsace is in the north eastern part of France and borders Switzerland to the south and Germany in the east. It is the smallest region in the country, covering only 1.5 percent of the total surface area of France. The area has quite the spreadsheet for historical events and wars. This particular part of the country belonged to Germany several times before eventually being ruled a French province once again. Alsace has harsh winters and warm summers, making it more of a summer time destination above
The region of Alsace-Lorraine has historically produced conflict between France and Germany. As a result of the Alsace-Lorraine provincial boundary changes, the people within the area had and still withhold individual national and cultural identities. These unique identities emanate from French, as well as German traditions. As time progressed so did the sentiment of the Alsatians. In 1871, when Prussia annexed Alsace-Lorraine, its citizens objected German rule. Conversely, in 1919 when France reclaimed
Frankfurt sausages, Strasbourg sausages, and Montbéliard sausages. Fatty, salted cuts of pork also often form a part of choucroute garnie. Although it is a traditionally erman and Eastern European dish, the French annexation of Alsace and Lorraine following the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. This brought the dish to the attention of French chefs. Crème brûlée, also known as burnt cream, is a dessert consisting of a rich custard base topped with a contrasting layer of hard caramel
Germany because of the humiliation of losing the Franco-Prussian war and the valuable land lost, like "Alsace - Lorraine". They wanted revenge and this widely known. France knew that "without Russia's help, the wrong done to France by Prussia in 1871, in the matter of Alsace-Lorraine could never be repaired", so it was important France allied with a relatively strong power. Karl Marx said "If Alsace - Lorraine is taken, then France will later make war with Germany in conjunction with France". France
The recent revolutions and social upheavals in the Republic were not soon forgotten and Germany wanted to be safe from the possible flack that could be thrown her way by another such occurrence. Thus, Germany set her eye on recapturing the lands of Alsace and Lorraine from which Napoleon the Great had snatched decades before. No person worked harder at trying to cause war with France than German Chief of Staff Carl Moltke. He saw France as the “hereditary foe” (Hwd 41) and desired nothing more than
telegram, being the final “reason” for France to declare war on Germany. The results of this war were all in favour of Bismarck, the treaty of Frankfurt was singed. France had to pay a compensation of five billion francs and lost the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine. So between France and Germany were still open wounds. In addition France had an republican system of government while Germany remained a Monarchy. · England wanted to keep itself out to keep the upper hand on things without having
the pigeons?” (Daudet, 2001-2004)which indicates his thoughts of possibly losing the French culture entirely. When people in Alsace received an order from Berlin to leave the country, the people’s rights were taken. The Prussians enforced their language and to begin learning German the next day, “The order has come from Berlin to teach only German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine” proves the loss of rights to their own language and identity. The disadvantage Franz experienced in the story adjusted
The Treaty of Versailles Was the Most Pleasing to Woodrow Wilson or George Clemenceau? After the First World War a treaty had to be made to punish Germany for their actions. This had to be done as Germany had lost the war and had signed the Armistice on the 11th November 1918. The German peoples were hungry, war weary and demanded peace. The Paris peace conference's job was to write the Treaty of Versailles. Britain, America and France all had representatives at this meeting; the Big Three
Many countries throughout the war used many strategies to advance themselves towards victory. France adopted a tactic to regain Alsace and Lorraine, territories taken by Germany with Plan 17. While Germany used the Schlieffen plan to avoid a two-front war against France and Russia, and they schemed to decrease the supplies Britain was getting by launching unrestricted submarines in secret attacks. Lastly all the countries that fought in the war used trench warfare; tunnels dug into the ground where
The assassination didn’t do as Princip hoped, and it was used as an excuse for Austria to take hostile action against Serbia. That was not the only cause of the war. The Alliance System was one of the festering causes of the war. After Germany took Alsace-Lorraine, Bismarck wanted to make sure that France didn’t make enough allies to take back the territory in a war. So he started to form an alliance with Austria-Hungry and Italy. France saw this as a threat, so it started making alliances of its own
German army in 1905. There were a number of different aspects to the Schlieffen Plan, and all were aimed at defeating France as quickly as possible, preferably in under 6 weeks. The Germans believed this was possible because they had defeated France in Alsace and Lorraine in the 1871. The main aim of the Schlieffen Plan was to knock out and capture France and then attack Russia in order to avoid fighting a war on two fronts at the same time. The second aspect to the Schlieffen Plan was to invade neutral
the Germans to the Allies, and the War Guilt Clause, all point to the fact that the Treaty of Versailles directly led to World War II. The territorial losses that Germany had to accept were shocking. Germany had to give up Alsace, Lorraine and the Polish Corridor. Alsace and Lorraine had the most productive coal mines in Germany, therefore meaning the nation lost around 40% of their coal production.
The book Band of Brothers is a chronologically ordered story of the exploits and struggles of Easy Company in the 101st airborne. The book begins during the basic training of the men at camp Toccoa in Georgia. Upon completion of their basic training they move to camp Bennings in Ohio where they begin and finish parachute school. When the men of Easy company get their wings they are sent to England to prepare and perform special drop training for D-day. After D-day the soldiers are part of the occupying
The Paris Peace Treaties The Paris Peace Treaties (1919-1920) IB History To the subject and passive onlooker, those meticulous organizers of the Paris Peace Treaties allowed for an unfortunate amount of flaws to enter their task of creating a treaty that could satisfy all of the nations of not only Europe but of the world as well equally. Yet one must attempt to put that passiveness behind and admit that those of the time of post World War I had truly no idea what was to come of their decisions
The Role of the BEF in the Failure of the Schlieffen Plan Introduction: The Role of the British Expeditionary Force (the B.E.F.) was an in important contributing factor to the failure of the Schlieffen Plan, but not the only one. The French's Plan XIV, the out of date Schlieffen plan itself, and the role of the Belgian army all were contributing factors that together resulted in the failure of Germany's Schlieffen Plan. The Background: Germany had anticipated war for a long time
completely different. Their pride for their army and country was shattered, and the treaty was treated with disgust and rage. As a consequence of this Napoleon III left the country to live in exile in Britain and a republic was set up. The loss of Alsace and Lorraine ashamed France, and was a national disgrace. The French were seething at the Germans for humiliating them and secretly dreamed of revenge.
Franco-Prussian War C&E (1870-1871) “Napoleon I had smashed through the German states with ease during the Napoleonic wars. Now a generation later, the roles would be reversed. Even though the war was a short duration, it dramatically changed European history.” The year of 1870 marked as the start of a war that changed the outlook of history as we know it today. This time period from 1870-1871 was known as the Franco-Prussian War, and there were many leading causes and events that took place for
Emile Durkheim was born in 1858 in the region of France known as the Alsace-Lorraine. His father, grandfather, and great-grandfather had all been rabbis, however Durkheim quickly decided against following into the rabbinate early in his youth (Jones 1986). Durkheim excelled in science as a student, however his weakness in studying Latin and rhetoric caused him to fail the entrance exams to Ecole twice before he passed (Jones 1986). Durkheim trained to be a teacher at Ecole, as well as participated
responsible for World War One. The tension in Europe, caused by Germany, really started after The Franco-Prussian War (1870-71), when the German army attacked France. The Germans won this short war. As a ‘prize’ they took the regions of Alsace and Lorraine from France. Alsace Lorraine was a province near the border of Germany and there wasn’t much point of them taking it, only for Germany to have more land. The Germans claimed that the land was rightfully German; the majority of people living here were
To complete Germany unification, the Germans started a war with Francecalled Franco-Prussia War.The Germans won the war and completed their goal in German unification with the land of Alsace-Lorraine they won from French. The “treaty” of Frankfurt was cruel, they force the French to give up Alsace-Lorraine a major land in France they also made them pay for the wars which ended up being 5 billion