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Originally Posted by Yuri
In the case of Strasbourg and Nice, they were actually German and Italian respectively, and their Frenchification is quite recent.
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I don't think the German or Italian states as we know them today existed yet back then.
Italy and Germany were still split into several kingdoms, principalities, counties and such entities.
I'm not aware of details as their history is a bit complicated, but see about it if you're curious.
The County of Nice joined the Second French Empire on their own free will in 1860, while Italy was hardly unified.
Alsace and Lorraine were annexed by the German Empire when they defeated the French in 1870, but we got them back following our victory in 1918.
I mean, it's not like we would have stolen any territory from the Italians or the Germans.