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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsace-Lorraine#Annexation_to_the_French_Republic
The French were just as bad about taking it back, though a government was establishing itself in Strasbourg and wanted independence from both France and Germany; the French came in and deported Germans and quashed all independent mindedness in the public and forced the issue. Germany wasn't particularly right to take it in 1871 any more than the French were when they took it around 1678, nor were they in settling French speakers in the region to cement their 'natural' border. Ultimately might made right when it comes to land in Europe and WW2 settled the borders once and for all except for minor issues on the fringes.
The French were just as bad about taking it back, though a government was establishing itself in Strasbourg and wanted independence from both France and Germany; the French came in and deported Germans and quashed all independent mindedness in the public and forced the issue. Germany wasn't particularly right to take it in 1871 any more than the French were when they took it around 1678, nor were they in settling French speakers in the region to cement their 'natural' border. Ultimately might made right when it comes to land in Europe and WW2 settled the borders once and for all except for minor issues on the fringes.