What the records say
- When
- 10 Jul 1940
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Coordinates
- 49.04° N, 6.66° E
- Government
- Germany
- Former government
- France
- History
- Alsace-Lorraine was annexed into Germany after the fall of France. Alsace-Lorraine was disputed between France and Germany and had been transferred twice in …
- Source map
- Greater Germany Administrative Divisions · 7/1/1944 · R and A, OSS
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Alsace–Lorraine
1871–1918 territory of the German Empire
Alsace–Lorraine, officially the Imperial Territory of Alsace–Lorraine, was a territory of the German Empire between 1871 and 1918, comprising most of Alsace and part of Lorraine. Its capital was Strasbourg. It was annexed by the German Empire following its victory in the Franco-Prussian War and formally ceded by France under the Treaty of Frankfurt (1871).
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The source
- European Borders, World War II (1938–1945)Stanford Spatial History Lab (M. De Groot)Stanford Spatial History Lab: scholarly reuse, no commercial use
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