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A rivalry has particularly shaken contemporary history, it has redrawn the borders of the world, caused millions of deaths, allowed the rise to power of the worst leaders in history. Its abolition, however, allowed for the establishment, for the first time, of a truly lasting peace in Western Europe. So let us look back together at this history, that of the Franco-German rivalry, from the Revolution to reconciliation. Become a member of the channel to support me: / @episodesdhistoire Join the channel discord: / discord ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Sources (thanks to Géraud for his research) Main works: • BARIÉTY, J. and POIDEVIN, R., Les Relations franco-allemandes, 1815 – 1975, Armand Colin, Paris, 1977. • EVANS, R., The Pursuit of Power: Europe, 1815 – 1914, Penguins Books, London, 2016. • HOBSBAWN, E., The Age of Extremes: a History of the World, 1914 – 1991, Ballantine Books, New York, 1996. • GARRIGUES, J. and LACOMBRADE, P., France in the 19th century 1814 - 1914, Armand Colin, Paris, 2019. • HOWARD, M., The Franco-Prussian War: the German Invasion of France, 1870 - 1871, Routledge, London, 2001. • KITCHEN, M., Europe Between the Wars, Routledge, London, 2006. • MCMEEKIN, S. , The Berlin-Baghdad Express: The Ottoman Empire and Germany's Bid for World Power, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 2010. • PAKENHAM, T., The Scramble for Africa: White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912, Random House, New York, 1991. • PFLANZE, O., Bismarck and the Development of Germany, Volume 1: the Period of Unification, 181 5 - 1871, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1990. • PFLANZE, O., Bismarck and the Development of Germany, Volume 2: the Period of Consolidation, 1871 - 1880, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1990. • PFLANZE, O., Bismarck and the Development of Germany, Volume 3: the Period of Fortification, 1880 - 1898, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1 990. • SHOWALTER, D., The Wars of German Unification, Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2015. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ The music in this video comes from these playlists: • • Classical Music for When You're on a... • • Russian Waltz Music - Useful for Stud... • • Spanish-Arabic Music of Al-Andalus ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 - The Revolution shakes up Europe (1789-1815) 03:28 - The time of nationalisms (1815-1870) 06:45 - Germany rises from the ashes of France (1870-1871) 09:57 - The Bismarckian system falters (1871-1914) 13:50 - The last of the last wars (1914-1918) 19:35 - Erasing rivalry, establishing peace (1939-1957)