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For four centuries Germany was united with France ; they lived amicably together and the borderland populations had much in common . Charlemagne was German , and France has always felt that she is his rightful heir in the west .
For four centuries Germany was united with France ; they lived amicably together and the borderland populations had much in common . Charlemagne was German , and France has always felt that she is his rightful heir in the west .
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carry war into Germany or else to see France invaded . He selected the former , and , being an ardent Catholic , he subsidised Swedes and Protestant Germans . But the war was against Spain and not against Germany , which was only the ...
carry war into Germany or else to see France invaded . He selected the former , and , being an ardent Catholic , he subsidised Swedes and Protestant Germans . But the war was against Spain and not against Germany , which was only the ...
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Under Louis XVI , married to an Austrian Archduchess , the policy of France was again to maintain Prussia as a great Power , so that France should still hold the balance between the two great German states . In fact , France supported ...
Under Louis XVI , married to an Austrian Archduchess , the policy of France was again to maintain Prussia as a great Power , so that France should still hold the balance between the two great German states . In fact , France supported ...
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