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...

inadequate to stop the German offensive. The quiet of the Phoney War was punctuated by a few Allied actions. In the Saar Offensive in September, the French...

invasion of Poland. In early September 1939, France began the limited Saar Offensive but by mid-October had withdrawn to their start lines. German armies...

Poland was very limited. France invaded a small part of Germany in the Saar Offensive, and the Polish army was effectively defeated even before the British...

officer school of the Wehrmacht. However, his regiment was stationed in the Saar-Palatinate on the border with France, preparing for war. There, on September...

the period of September 1939 to May 1940; a small-scale French offensive (Saar Offensive) was answered by the Germans with a disciplined withdrawal into...

provided only token help to Poland during the war in the form of the Saar Offensive, which has often been considered an example of Western betrayal. However...

the Saar Basin, which was occupied and governed by France under a League of Nations mandate. Saarland was returned to Nazi Germany in the 1935 Saar status...

during the entire invasion, and the German–French border, excepting the Saar Offensive, remained mostly calm. This period of the war is commonly known as the...

Battles/wars First World War Battle of Verdun Battle of Champagne Second World War Saar Offensive Battle of France Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...