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France Attacks 39: German Experience Report

In 1939 a few days after the declaration of war by France, the French Army invaded Germany, this is called the Saar Offensive. This campaign is often forgotten and the information on it is very limited. In this video, we look at the offensive and a German report about how the Germans troops conducted themselves and what they thought about the performance of the infantry, engineers (Pioniere) and some of the new weapons like the MG 34. Cover design by vonKickass. »» GET OUR BOOKS «« » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon, see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « Maier, Klaus; et al.: Die Errichtung der Hegemonie auf dem europäischen Kontinent. Bd. 2. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt: Stuttgart, Germany, 1979. Müller-Hillebrand, Burkhart: Das Heer 1933-1945. Entwicklung des organistorischen Aufbaues. Band II. Die Blitzfeldzüge 1939-1941. Das Heer im Kriege bis zum Beginn des Feldzuges gegen die Sowjetunion im Juni 1941. E.S. Mittler & Sohn: Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1956. BArch, RW 19/1528: Militärische Erkundungen, insb. militärische Lage in Polen vor Ausbruch der Kampfhandlungen (mit Lagekarten), 1939-1940. Beevor, Antony: The Second World War. Little, Brown and Co: New York, USA, 2012. Shamir, Haim: The drole de guerre and French Public Opinion. In: Journal of Contemporary History, 11, 1976, p. 129-143. La drôle de guerre. Septembre 1939 – 10 mai 1940. https://imagesdefense.gouv.fr/media/pdf/dossiers_thema/dossier-la-drole-de-guerre.pdf Last accessed: 26-01-2022. La débâcle ou « l’étrange défaite » http://www.cndp.fr/crdp-reims/cddp10/actions/CNRD/download/debacle.pdf Last accessed: 26-01-2022. Frieser, Karl-Heinz: Blitzkrieg-Legende: der Westfeldzug 1940. 4. Auflage, Oldenbourg: München, 2012. #ForgottenFrenchOffensive,#FranceAttacks39,#SaarOffensive