 Although it was never formally annexed, Alsace-Lorraine was incorporated into the Greater German Reich, which had been restructured into Reichsgau.Alsace was merged with Baden, and Lorraine with the Saarland, to become part of a planned Westmark.During the war, 130,000 young men from Alsace and Lorraine were conscripted into the German armies against their will (malgré-nous).