French–German enmity
1500s–1940s hostile relations between Germans and French
French–German enmity
French–German (Franco–German) enmity (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. It was an important factor in the unification of Germany (excluding Austria), World War I, and ended after World War II, when under the influence of the Cold War, West Germany and France both became part of NATO and the European Coal and Steel Community.
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