On August 7, 1914, a week before the Battle of Tannenburg and two weeks before the Battle of the Marne, the French army attacked the Germans at Mulhouse in Alsace. So beaten was the French psyche over losing Alsace and Lorraine under the Treaty that ended the war, that there existed a phrase attributed to Leon Gambetta, a member of the provisional government formed after Sedan: The Germans bitterly defended the areas of Alsace and Lorraine. Gin Based Cocktails. During his visit to the summit, he proposed penalizing Germany by taking Alsace, Lorraine, as well as the Rhineland. You could say Alsace Lorraine was a direct cause of the first World War. Dated As 1917 Or As In Title. Alsace and Lorraine added by the Franco-Prussian war of 1871. France's WW1 Plan XVII - HubPages 9. Why was Alsace-Lorraine so important in WW1? : history - reddit Old Original Antique Victorian Print 1917 WW1 General Demetz Alsace Submarine Nets Anchors A Page And Reverse With Photographs Or Sketches Taken From The War Illustrated. Nov 23, 2013. (14,522 sq. Dec 2010. What happened to the Saar in the Treaty of Versailles? Las mejores ofertas para coffret bijou 14-18 annexion alsace lorraine METZ WW1 están en eBay Compara precios y características de productos nuevos y usados Muchos artículos con envío gratis! Alsace-Lorraine was the name given to the 5,067 square miles (13,123 square km) of territory that was ceded by France to Germany in 1871 after the Franco-German War. The loss of Alsace and Lorraine to Prussia in the war of 1870 was a primary driver to French desire for revenge against the new nation state of imperial Germany. The "lost provinces" of Alsace-Lorraine became a source of resentment that would poison French-German relations for the next three-quarters of a century, and it would become one of the .