France–Germany relations
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France–Germany relations, or Franco-German relations, form a part of the wider politics of the European Union. The two countries have a long and often contentious relationship stretching back to the M
The Carolingian Empire, as divided in 843
The Prussian troops victorious at the battle of Rossbach. Johann Christoph Frisch, 1799.
Entry of Napoleon into Berlin by Charles Meynier, 1810. French troops entering Berlin after the Battle of Jena.
Proclamation of the German Empire at the Palace of Versailles, 18 January 1871, by Anton von Werner
French–German enmity
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French–German enmity was the idea of unavoidably hostile relations and mutual revanchism between Germans and French people that arose in the 16th century and became popular with the Franco-Prussian Wa
France–Germany relations
…Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium. General relations between the two countries since 1871, according to Ulrich Krotz, have had three grand periods: "hereditary enmity" (down to 1945), "reconciliation" (1945–1963) and since 1963 the "special relationship" embodied in a cooperation called Franco-German Friendship. In…
John Tenniel: Au Revoir!, Punch 6 August 1881
Officers of the Prussian Life Guards, wishing to provoke war with France, ostentatiously sharpen their swords on the steps of the French embassy in Berlin in autumn 1806.