What the records say
- When
- 7 Sep 1939 – 16 Sep 1939
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 49.17° N, 7.25° E
- Description
- French ground operation into Saarland from 7 to 16 September 1939
Saar Offensive
French military operation during World War II
The Saar Offensive was the French invasion of Saarland, Germany, in the first stages of World War II, from September 7 to October 16, 1939, in response to the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. The original plans called for 40 divisions, one armored division, three mechanised divisions, 78 artillery regiments and 40 tank battalions to assist Poland, which was then under invasion, by attacking Germany's ne…
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- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Französische Truppen führen die Saar-Offensive und besetzen ohne Gegenwehr einige Grenzdörfer in der Rheinpfalz”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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