The Saar Offensive was a limited French attack into the German Saarland in September 1939, a few days after the outbreak of the Second World War, launched in the hope of helping Poland, which had been invaded by Germany. French troops advanced a few kilometres on a narrow front and captured a number of border villages, meeting mines and booby traps and little resistance. The attack was halted, mainly because the French high command was cautious and feared German counterattacks, and after Poland's defeat the troops were pulled back to their starting positions in October. The episode is considered a part of the Phoney War, in which the Western Allies did little to take the pressure off Poland.
Before and after
- from 1 September 1939 to 7 September 1939Battle of Westerplatte
- from September 1939 to May 1945Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)
- from 3 September 1939 to 10 April 1940Phoney War
- from 4 September 1939 to 8 May 1945Defence of the Reich
- from 7 September 1939 to 16 September 1939Saar Offensive
- from 8 September 1939 to 28 September 1939Siege of Warsaw
- from 17 September 1939 to 6 October 1939Soviet invasion of Poland
- from 17 September 1939 to 6 October 1939Battle of Changsha
- 23 September 1939Death of Sigmund Freud
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- from 1 September 1939 to 2 September 1945World War II
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