According to the Franco-Polish military convention, the French Army was to start preparations for the major offensive three days after mobilisation started. The French forces were to effectively gain control over the area between the French border and the Siegfried Line and were to probe the German defenses. On the 15th day of the mobilization (that is on 16 September), the French Army was to start a full-scale assault on Germany. The preemptive mobilization was started in France on 26 August and on 1 September full mobilization was declared.
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| - According to the Franco-Polish military convention, the French Army was to start preparations for the major offensive three days after mobilisation started. The French forces were to effectively gain control over the area between the French border and the Siegfried Line and were to probe the German defenses. On the 15th day of the mobilization (that is on 16 September), the French Army was to start a full-scale assault on Germany. The preemptive mobilization was started in France on 26 August and on 1 September full mobilization was declared.
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- 2400(xsd:integer)
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- less than 100 artillery
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| - the Western Front of World War II
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Commander
| - Maurice Gamelin
- André-Gaston Prételat
- Erwin von Witzleben
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Caption
| - French soldier at the German village of Lauterbach in Saarland
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Casualties
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- 114(xsd:integer)
- 196(xsd:integer)
- 356(xsd:integer)
- 2000(xsd:integer)
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| - According to the Franco-Polish military convention, the French Army was to start preparations for the major offensive three days after mobilisation started. The French forces were to effectively gain control over the area between the French border and the Siegfried Line and were to probe the German defenses. On the 15th day of the mobilization (that is on 16 September), the French Army was to start a full-scale assault on Germany. The preemptive mobilization was started in France on 26 August and on 1 September full mobilization was declared. French mobilization suffered from an inherently out of date system. The French military′s ordnance lacked the tanks and airplanes of the mechanized German military which greatly affected their ability to swiftly deploy their forces on the field. The French command still believed in the tactics of World War I, which relied heavily on stationary artillery, even though this took time to transport and deploy (many pieces also had to be retrieved from storage before any advance could be made).
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