THE NATIONS: The Saar Again

THE NATIONS The Saar Again Five times in the last 150 years the Saar Valley has shifted back & forth between France and Germany. Hitler's first international triumph was the 1935 plebiscite in which 90% of Saarlanders voted to go to Germany. After World War II French troops moved into the Saar, left no doubt that France planned to take over its rich mines and its mills, to have & to hold.

Two months ago loud caterwauling over the Saar arose on both sides of the Rhine: the French were reported ready to take...

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