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  2. History of Alsace - Wikipedia

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    The history of Alsace has been influenced by the Rhine and its tributaries, a favorable climate, fertile loess soils, and the region's relative accessibility through and around the Vosges. It was first inhabited by early modern humans during the Paleolithic .

  3. Alsace–Lorraine - Wikipedia

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    The majority of Alsace–Lorraine's inhabitants were sceptical of the German Empire during the first two decades and voted for regional parties (Alsace–Lorraine Protesters and Autonomists). After Chancellor Bismarck's dismissal in 1890, the party landscape loosened, and parties of the Empire (Social Democrats, Centre, National Liberals , Left ...

  4. Annexations of Alsace–Lorraine - Wikipedia

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    Thus, the Welches valleys of Alsace and the Metz region, not following the linguistic border, found themselves "imperial territory" under the official name of "Alsace-Lorraine" and the direct administration of Emperor William. The preliminary peace treaty of February 26, 1871, put an end to the fighting between France and Germany.

  5. History of Strasbourg - Wikipedia

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    A major commercial centre, the town came under the control of the Holy Roman Empire in 923, through the homage paid by the Duke of Lorraine to German King Henry I. The early history of Strasbourg consists of a long conflict between its bishop and its citizens.

  6. German military administration in occupied France during ...

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    German soldiers march by the Arc de Triomphe on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris, June 1940.. Alsace-Lorraine had been annexed after the Franco-Prussian war in 1871 by the German Empire and returned to France after the First World War.

  7. Alsace - Wikipedia

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    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 Reichsgaue. Alsace was merged with Baden, and Lorraine with the Saarland, to become part of a planned Westmark.

  8. Category:History of Alsace - Wikipedia

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  9. Territorial evolution of France - Wikipedia

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    Alsace and Lorraine were annexed by Germany again in 1940. Unlike the rest of occupied France and the unoccupied so-called "Free France" (Vichy France) - which became a Nazi puppet state - Alsace-Lorraine was formerly incorporated into the Third Reich. It was returned to France once again after World War II.