Franco-German enmity
idea of unavoidably hostile relations and mutual revanchism between Germans and French people
Franco-German enmity was the idea that French people and German people could never have good relations and the idea started in the 16th century but became popular during the Franco-Prussian War.[1] It became more popular during the end of the World War I and the start of World War II and started to fade at the end of World War II, when both West Germany and France joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) due to the Cold War.[2][3][1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Siegel, Mona; Harjes, Kirsten (2012). "Disarming Hatred: History Education, National Memories, and Franco-German Reconciliation from World War I to the Cold War". History of Education Quarterly. 52 (3): 370–402. ISSN 0018-2680.
- ↑ Krotz, Ulrich (2014). "Three eras and possible futures: a long-term view on the Franco-German relationship a century after the First World War". International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs 1944-). 90 (2): 337–350. ISSN 0020-5850.
- ↑ Fackler, Maxim (1965). "The Franco-German Treaty: The End of Hereditary Enmity". The World Today. 21 (1): 24–33. ISSN 0043-9134.