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Many reasons. First off, it depends what time period we are talking about. Both countries, quiet rightly wanted the land as they both wanted to expand; Alsace-Lorraine was in between them so both felt like it was a possible addition. Also, Alsace-Lorraine had a lot of German speaking people in it and was therefor strategically good for Germany.
If we are talking 20th century, than France wanted it back as it was originally French until 1871 Franco-Prussian war, where Germany got hold of it. Ever since this, France wanted the land back (and it did get it back after the first World War, in 1919, thanks to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles), however, obviously, Germany did not want to give it back.
After this, Germany wanted revenge and so it invaded France again in 1940.
Hope this helps. :P
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoIt is a German-speaking territory and Hitler sought to reintegrate it into Germany. The territory has traded hands for 400 years between France and Germany given its geographical location - it is originally a German territory though, a part of the Holy Roman Empire.
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∙ 14y agoThe assumption made in the question is not accurate.
The Germans annexed Alsace and Lorraine from France in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, mainly for strategic reasons and the area was heavily German-speaking. They did not take it during WW1, however. France annexed the territory after WW1.
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∙ 14y agoAlsace was a heavily German speaking area, and France violated the terms of the Treaty of Versailles by refusing to grant the citizens of Alsace a plebiscite, instead outright annexing the territory.
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∙ 13y agoFrance did not just want the region, they wanted it back. The German Empire was proclaimed in the Palace of Versailles after the Franco-Prussian war (1870-1871). After the First World War, France, among other Allied powers, made significant claims to German territory, the first of which was their old territory of Alsace-Lorraine.
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Alsace-Lorraine was an area of France that was very prized and valuable, but was taken by Prussia (later becoming a unified Germany) during the Franco-Prussian War. France and Germany were enemies from here on until the end of World War II, and the Franco-Prussian War sent France into isolation. France wanted to take back Alsace-Lorraine eventually, which led it to align with Russia after Germany's Three Emperors' League with Russia and Austria-Hungary failed. Eventually, the UK aligned with Russia and France forming the Triple Entente and Italy aligned with Germany and Austria-Hungary forming the Triple Alliance. All Great Powers were now involved in alliances and if a war broke out (which it did), this would cause the war to be extremely deadly.
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In 1871, at the end of the Franco-Prussian War, Germany had imposed heavy reparations on France and had annexed Alsace-Lorraine, where the majority of the population regarded itself as French.
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The North half of the country, for the most part. I'll leave a Related Link with an image of the French territory Hitler acquired.
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