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When the peace settlement with Germany was being discussed at the end of the First World War, an embarrassing division of opinion arose amongst the victorious allies. It concerned the Saar, which lay to the east of Luxembourg and the immediate north of France. On the face of it, there should have been no question about this region’s future, as it was part of Germany and its population of about three quarters of a million was wholly German in both language and culture. However, the Saar’s rich coal and iron ore deposits led France to lay claim to it, her aim being both to strengthen herself and weaken German by this adjustment of the international frontier.
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James, A. (1990). International Rule in the Saar (1920–1935). In: Peacekeeping in International Politics. Studies in International Security . Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21026-8_14
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