Question

france had to pay a war fine as well as give away its two provinces alsace and lorraine.explain the statement

Answer 1

because there was a war b/w Germans and France and German won battle , for further details ask me

Answer 2

The territory of Alsace and Lorraine is important to France.

They were forced to handover the territory after the Franco-Prussian war to new reigning German Empire.

This small piece of land created lot of bloodshed and conflicts between the two nations.

Initially in the late 1600's Alsacehas been retrieved back fom the Holy Roman Empire by France.