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Was their a linguistic difference between the inhabitants of the French department of Moselle which the German empire annexed and the other three fifths of lorraine? Although German nationalists perceived a legit claim in eastern france the boundary chosen was ahistorical and unprecedented. Alsace had definite historic boundaries and the hrs once encompassed all lorraine but the boundary line chosen in 1871 never existed historically between France and the her or France and the German confederation so why was it picked in 1871?
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