Politics
Revanchism
A French political attitude, from revanche, "revenge", which demanded the recovery of Alsace and Lorraine, lost to Germany in 1871. It was a powerful emotion in French politics up to 1914.
Politics
A French political attitude, from revanche, "revenge", which demanded the recovery of Alsace and Lorraine, lost to Germany in 1871. It was a powerful emotion in French politics up to 1914.