Saar Offensive

September 7–16, 1939 · Saarland

Result German victory

French troops advanced a few kilometres into the German Saarland at the start of World War II. They stopped and soon withdrew, and Germany was free to finish the conquest of Poland.

French Third Republic

Nazi Germany

Strength and losses

Casualties
2,000
Tanks lost
4
Casualties
552
Missing
114
Aircraft lost
11