Operation Saar A Lost Opportunity – September ‘99 World War II Feature

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France’s 14-day opportunity to thwart the Third Reich concluded the only French offensive of the war and signaled the beginning of the Phony War. Worse, the inexplicable French lethargy in the Saar doomed France to defeat seven months later and guaranteed four years of Nazi occupation.

Kevin R. Austra is a former U.S. Army officer. Further reading: The Collapse of the Third Republic, by William L. Shirer; and Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk, by Len Deighton.[ TOP ] [ Cover ]

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