[世界史の理解]

2023年07月10日

They fought as enemies, became a battlefield twice in 1940 and 1944, and the country was overrun, but they entered into an alliance about 5 years after the end of World War II. Can such a thing be in modern times? In addition to that, in the Franco-Prussian War and the First World War, France's home country also became a battlefield and there were many casualties. After the war, the EEC, EC and the EU continued to expand except for the withdrawal or exit of the United Kingdom, but the core of them were always Germany and France. Even today, it is important to look at the good relationship between President Macron and von der Leyen, the current president of the EU since the time of the Minister of Defense, in the context of this history of German-French relations. In addition to the "President's Office" and "Neutral Countries" that are being prepared, the Institute is planning to do "History of German-French Relations". The particular emphasis was on the cooperation between Germany and France during World War II, didn't it? Didn't both Germany and France realize that World War II was the loss of Europe as a whole rather than Germany's own defeat? Specifically, the actual situation of the German occupation of France, the Normandy landing operation and Germany and France, the anti-Hitler movement in Paris in the assassination attempt of Hitler on July 20, 1944, and the French people detained in Germany after the surrender of France. I would like to think about German-French relations together with readers.