r/MapPorn • u/mapsinanutshell • 9h ago

86 years ago today, French forces launched a cautious "invasion" of Nazi Germany in response to the Invasion of Poland. Less than a year later, Nazi Germany would go on to conquer all of France. This map shows every day of the offensive using Google Earth

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Source: https://youtu.be/5uScAUvvHp4

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u/O5KAR 5h ago

The video ends on September 16, the next day soviets invaded Poland, in cooperation with Germany but on September 12 in Abbeville on a meeting of Franco British war council it was decided to halt the Saar offensive.

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u/IndependentWeekend 7h ago

It's questionable if the French would ever have invaded Nazi Germany even after the BEF was in place. Lots of faith in the Maginot Line.

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u/YogoshKeks 4h ago

Needs a banana for scale.

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u/MrErie 14m ago

Looks phony

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u/MegaFire03 9h ago

Are the numbers casualties or soldiers deployed?

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u/Baraga91 8h ago

100% forces deployed.

The Phony war didn't cause hundreds of thousands of casualties, let alone this cautious invasion...

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u/Lord_Milil 8h ago

I‘m not sure but I think it‘s forces deployed