Legacy This treaty polarized French policy towards Germany for the next 40 years. The reconquest of Alsace-Lorraine, the "lost provinces," became an obsession characterized by a revanchism which would be one of the most powerful motives in France's involvement in World War I.
Legacy This treaty polarized French policy towards Germany for the next 40 years The reconquest of Alsace-Lorraine the "lost provinces" became an obsession characterized by a revanchism which would be one of the most powerful motives in France's involvement in World War I