During July 19,1870 through May 10, 1871, France and Germany were fighting over land. They were fighting over Alsace Lorraine because of the natural materials that both France and Germany wanted. Later on when the French lost the Franco- Prussian war Germany won Alsace Lorraine, Then when France won WWI France got back Alsace Lorraine. Then WWI led Hitler to power and started WWII to get back Alsace Lorraine. The Franco-Prussian War was a war that had many events leading up to it and many events during the war.
The Franco-Prussian War had problems in the background of the war and had many details about how it led up to the war. For example, in 1866 when Prussia defeated Austria, Prussia became the main power of the German