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did the Saar offensive have a chance of winning the war for the
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did the Saar offensive have a chance of winning the war for the French?
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>>1293664
Had the british not retreated cowardly at Dunkirk and the morale for undertating the Saar offensive not been depleted you mean?

I really couldn't say. There'd have been a far higher likelihood of a stalemate though, with french troops looming dangerously on Germany's entire industrial region in the West, and german troops lingering just as dangerously some kilometers from Paris.

It'd have been have a "he has my balls in his hands, but I have his in my hands, so everything will be fine so long as none of us make a move" narrative really.
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If the French had done things right they might have won.
But they only made mistakes.
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None, the French were still stuck in WW1 and it took them ages to advance their army.

>>1293715
Saar """"offensive""" happened before Dunkirk retard
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>>1293664
Nope
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>>1293664

Not with the level of French logistical and mobilization ability in September of 1939. Don't forget too, that the Germans were still mobilizing at that point, which creates a significant reserve of troops to block the offensive without diverting resources from attacking Poland.

To make it work, you'd need to go back a few years, re-organize pretty much half the French army.
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