WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -By the terms of the final treaty, signed on May 10, 1871, at Frankfurt am Main, Germany annexed the French provinces of Alsace (excluding Belfort) and Lorraine; the French were also ordered to pay an indemnity of five billion francs.

Detailed explanation-2: -Paris surrendered, but while treaty negotiations were going on, an insurrection by radicals in Paris created a short-lived government, the Paris Commune. After its suppression, a harsh peace treaty was implemented: Germany annexed Alsace and half of Lorraine, and France was occupied until a large indemnity was paid.

Detailed explanation-3: -Alsace–Lorraine reverted to French ownership in 1918 as part of the Treaty of Versailles and Germany’s defeat in World War I.

Detailed explanation-4: -Alsace is not Germany, but not quite France either In 1871, Alsace was annexed to the new German Empire following its victory in the Franco-Prussian War. The occupation lasted until 1918 when, after Germany’s defeat in the First World War, the region was ceded to France under the Treaty of Versailles.

Detailed explanation-5: -After the Franco-Prussian War, France was compelled to cede Alsace-Lorraine to the new German empire.