Nice article. But i'm missing an important part: the Franco-Prussian war, which led to the unification of Germany. The Germans actually won this war and occupied Paris for a short period. My point is, there has been so many wars between Germans and French, that it won't surprise me that they will fight each other once more again. A final battle. The EU has been created to keep the peace between the two nations and at the moment tensions between France and Germany are rising over the EU policies.