France. Germany and France share a border.
Germany needed to defeat France on the Western front before Russia could prepare to attack on the Eastern front. in addition, by defeating France, it would France's military from the war and push the forces of England out of Europe.
France gained the provinces called Alsace and Lorraine. They originally were a part of France, but then the Germans took over the provinces during the Franco-Prussian War before World War I. After World War I, France gained them back.
Britain and Germany have gone to war twice, in 1914 and 1939. In both cases Britain declared war.Britain has fought wars in Germany many time before that, for example during the Napoleonic wars. But Germany did not exist as a country before 1870. These earlier wars were against one or more independent German states.
Yes, Germany continued to put up heavy resistance. It took almost 8 months of bitter fighting in Northern France and Southern Germany before the was ended, in May 1946.
Germany controlled French access to the North Sea
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Édouard Daladier was the leader of France before Germany defeated France in World War II.
Germany fought a war with France in 1871 and took Alsace-Lorraine (on the border between the countries) which France then took back after the war.
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France. Germany and France share a border.
Russia was an Axis country when the Axis powers attacked the Allied nation of France. The Russians were working with Germany.
To ease the tension between the parties, they suggested a meeting.
Relations between the two countries had been very bad indeed since the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. The terms imposed on France at the end of the war were harsh. Most of Alsace and Lorraine was annexed by Germany despite the fact that the inhabitants regarded themselves as French. In addition, France had to pay very high reparations. In France many wanted revenge. In the 1890s Bismarck said that the peace treaty he had imposed on France in 1871 had been a blunder as it had created a 'permanent enemy' of Germany.
Germany needed to defeat France on the Western front before Russia could prepare to attack on the Eastern front. in addition, by defeating France, it would France's military from the war and push the forces of England out of Europe.
WWI occurred as a result of secret alliances. Once the first declaration of war was made, the dominoes began to fall. Germany's Schlaffen Plan called for a rapid envelopment through Holland and Belgium, hoping to catch France off guard before it could fully mobilize its forces. France was still looking for an opportunity to redeem itself after losing the two Franco-Prussian Wars.
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