The Saar 1935 | Germany's Forgotten Annexation

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World War 2 is most known as Germany, and its Allies invading and nearly taking over all of Europe. But half a decade before the start of the war, a small region known as the league of nations territory of The Saar Basin would be annexed by Germany. So let's dive deep and take a look at the completley forgotten story of Germany's first land gain in World War 2.

Timecodes:

Intro - 0:00

Germany Gains and Loses The Saar - 0:25

The Political Invasion Of The Saar - 5:26

Aftermath - 7:52

Sources:

The Kings Depart : The Tragedy of Germany - Versailles and the German Revolution (1969)

Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World - (2007)

The Third Reich in Power - (2005) Part 2 of the 3 Third Reich trilogy, Pages 624-627

The Saar Battleground And Pawn - (1951)

https://archive.org/details/saarbattleground009901mbp/page/n7/mode/2up

Supplementary sources

Europe On The Eve 1933-1939- (1939)

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.240587/page/n125/mode/1up

The coming of the The Third Reich (2003) Richard J. Evans, Part 1 of the 3 Third Reich trilogy,

Rise and Fall of The Third Reich (1960) William Shrire

Websites

http://www.gonschior.de/weimar/Saargebiet/index.htm All Saar Territory Election results.

https://www.planet-schule.de/wissenspool/der-voelkerbund-an-der-saar/inhalt/hintergrund/saargebiet-voelkerbundzeit-1920-1935.html

Music:

Red Orchestra 2 Soundtrack - Zugzwang

Otto Stenzel - Du musst mir deine Liebe erst beweisen (1938)

Lizzi Waldmüller - Du hast Glück bei den Frauen Bel Ami (1939)

Marcel Wittrisch & Admirals - Im Traum hast du mir alles erlaubt (1931)

Erhard Bauschke - Truxa Foxtrot (1937)

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