The French victory in Marseille was the first time Germany had lost to the hosts at a major finals since their famous 4-2 defeat to England in the 1966 World Cup final at Wembley.
Germany had enjoyed half a century of ending host nations' involvement in their own tournament until their defeat at the Stade Velodrome.
Germany knocked Brazil out of the 2014 World Cup in emphatic style with a 7-1 thrashing in the semifinals.
And six years before that, Germany beat co-hosts Austria 1-0 in the group stages of Euro 2008 to end their opponents' chances of reaching the knockout stages.
Previous to that, the Germans dumped out South Korea after the co-hosts' surprise run to the semifinals of the 2002 World Cup.
It was also Germany who dashed England's dreams at Wembley in the semifinals of Euro '96 – the last time Germany won the European Championship – in a nail-biting penalty shootout.
At the 1992 European Championship in Sweden, the home nation was beaten 3-2 by the Germans in the semifinals before Denmark pulled off a shock 2-0 win in the final.
At the 1982 World Cup, a 2-1 win by Germany against hosts Spain in the second round ended the Spaniards' hopes of progressing.
Likewise, Mexico’s party at the 1986 World Cup was over in the quarterfinals on penalties as Germany went on to lose the final to a Diego Maradona-inspired Argentina.
At the European Championship in 1972, Germany beat Belgium 2-1 in the Antwerp semifinal, following that up four years later with a 4-2 extra-time victory against Yugoslavia in Belgrade in the last four of the 1976 tournament.
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