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The France–Germany football rivalry (French: Rivalité entre l'Allemagne et la France en football; German: Deutsch-französische Fußballrivalität) is one of the biggest and most heated association football rivalries in Europe, between two European sides, France and Germany, two of the most successful national teams in the world.
In France, Édouard Daladier withheld information until the last moment and in September 1938 presented the Munich Agreement to the French cabinet as a fait accompli, thus avoiding discussions over whether Britain would follow France into war or if the military balance was really in Germany's favour or how significant it was. The decision for ...
17 June: Petain asked Germany for armistice terms. Finishing off some Allied resistance, the Germans crossed the river Loire and reached the Swiss frontier. 18 June: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met in Munich Germany. General de Gaulle told the people of France on a broadcast from London on the BBC to resist the Germans.
John Tenniel: Au Revoir!, Punch 6 August 1881. French–German (Franco-German) enmity [1] (French: Rivalité franco-allemande, German: Deutsch–französische Erbfeindschaft) was the idea of unavoidably hostile relations and mutual revanchism between Germans (including Austrians) and French people that arose in the 16th century and became popular with the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871.
On 8 July 1982, West Germany and France played in the semi-finals of the 1982 FIFA World Cup at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in Seville, Spain.The match is known in both countries as the Night of Seville (German: Nacht von Sevilla, [1] French: Nuit de Séville [2]).
France–Germany relations or the Franco-German relations [a] form a part of the wider politics of the European Union. The two countries have a long – and often contentious – relationship stretching back to the Middle Ages .
The defeat in the Franco-Prussian War led to the birth of Revanchism (literally, "revenge-ism") in France, characterised by a deep sense of bitterness, hatred and demand for revenge against Germany. This was particularly manifested in loose talk of another war with Germany in order to reclaim Alsace and Lorraine.
The winner of Group F, France, advanced to play the third-placed team of Group A, Switzerland. The runner-up of Group F, Germany, advanced to play the winner of Group D, England. The third-placed team of Group F, Portugal, advanced as one of the four best third-placed teams to play the winner of Group B, Belgium.