KnowraAlsace-LorraineLinked fromLinked fromThe 10 pages that link to Alsace-Lorraine, each with the reason it gives.All 10Broader topic 3Related 6Narrower topic 1Franco-Prussian WarBroader topic: Its annexation became a lasting source of Franco-German hostility.Georges ClemenceauRelated: Its return was a central French objective in the postwar settlement Clemenceau negotiated.IrredentismBroader topic: Competing national claims over its population and history fueled recurrent border revisionism.North German ConfederationRelated: Its annexation followed the war that completed the Confederation’s transformation into an empire.AlsaceBroader topic: This imperial territory joined Alsace with much of neighboring Lorraine.Robert SchumanRelated: Schuman’s life unfolded amid the territorial disputes that made Franco-German reconciliation urgent.Battle of the FrontiersRelated: The disputed region was a central objective of French attacks in August 1914.Alfred von SchlieffenRelated: The contested frontier influenced German assumptions about France’s likely opening moves.Alsace Soviet RepublicNarrower topic: The council government arose in this contested border territory during its transfer from German to French control.Rise of nationalism in EuropeRelated: Its contested transfer gave national grievance a lasting territorial focus.