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    Fall Rot (Case Red) was the plan for a German military operation after the success of Fall Gelb (Case Yellow), the Battle of France, an invasion of the...
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    invasion of the Low Countries and France was called Fall Gelb (Case Yellow or the Manstein plan). Fall Rot (Case Red) was planned to finish off the French...
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    of their infantry, some units running back over the river Somme. When Fall Rot (Case Red), the final German offensive, began on 5 June, the IX Corps of...
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    battle for Operation Fall Weiss List of Axis operational codenames in the European Theatre Other German plans named for colors: Fall Rot ("Case Red") (1940)...
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    theory is that Von Rundstedt and Hitler agreed to conserve the armour for Fall Rot ("Case Red"), an operation to the south. It is possible that the Luftwaffe's...
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    Manstein plan (redirect from Fall Gelb)
    reserves led to the defeat of the remaining French and British forces in Fall Rot and the Armistice of 22 June 1940. The success of the German invasion surprised...
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    the Battle squadrons were stood down for maintenance and to "settle in"; Fall Rot (the German offensive) began the next day. The German offensive over the...
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    reopened. After the success of the second German offensive in France (Fall Rot), the 2nd BEF and Allied troops were evacuated from Le Havre in Operation...
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    there, Manstein was one of the people responsible for the development of Fall Rot (Case Red), a defensive plan to protect Germany from attack by France....
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  • Case Brown (redirect from Fall Braun)
    June 1940, Fall Gelb had run its course and the north of France had also fallen into German hands. From this point, the newly planned Fall Rot (Case Red)...
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    crossings at Abbeville and elsewhere were still available on 5 June, for Fall Rot (Case Red), the final German offensive, which brought about the defeat...
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    complete the defeat of France, the Germans undertook another operation, Fall Rot (Case Red), to conquer the remaining regions. To achieve this, air supremacy...
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  • military action in the east (Fall Blau). Fall Blau ("Case Blue") (1935) — overview of defense planning in tandem with Fall Rot. Fall Otto ("Case Otto") (1937)...
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    Franco-British Union to shore up support for Paul Reynaud's government following the fall of Paris split support. With many pro-Armistice ministers in the cabinet...
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  • they took part in the Polish campaign, Fall Weiss, and the campaign in the West 1940 (Fall Gelb and Fall Rot), and performed occupation duties in France...
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  • the Somme River but was ultimately largely destroyed during the German Fall Rot operation in June 1940. In May 1940 the division was led by Général de...
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    the infantry divisions fought their way to the Aisne. In the ensuing Fall Rot the army marched to the Swiss border and secured the demarcation line with...
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    for the introduction of the Oak Leaves is closely linked to Case Red (Fall Rot), the second and decisive phase of the Battle of France. Like the Knight's...
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    Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-866209-2. Jackson, Julian (2003). The Fall of France: The Nazi Invasion of 1940. Oxford: Oxford University Press....
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  • children: Elisabeth, Philippe and little Anne. As the Germans activate Fall Rot, Paul Reynaud appoints de Gaulle as Defence Minister, under the command...
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    Butt rot is a disease of plants, mostly trees, caused by fungi. The fungus attacks the moist, poorly protected undersurface of a tree trunk's thickest...
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  • actions by armed forces. Fall Blau 1935 - German defence planning on the eastern border, simultaneously with Fall Rot Fall Rot 1935 - German defence planning...
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    Dunkirk evacuation, the Germans continued their offensive towards Paris with Fall Rot (Case Red). With over 60 divisions, compared to the remaining 40 French...
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    Slag om Nederland), was a military campaign, part of Case Yellow (German: Fall Gelb), the Nazi German invasion of the Low Countries (Belgium, Luxembourg...
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    Dunkirk and prepare for an evacuation. On 5 June, at the commencement of Fall Rot ("Case Red"), the second phase of the invasion plan, Kluge's 4th Army helped...
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    the end of May. 35 replacements were issued on 3 June in preparation for Fall Rot, the attack on the remnants of the French Army that began the following...
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    first challenge, which was through the Ardennes in 1940, a plan known as Fall Gelb (Case Yellow), due to the neutrality of Belgium. The location of this...
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    Dynamo Wormhoudt Abbeville Lille Paula Fall Rot Alps Haddock Force Cycle Lagarde Saumur Aerial Rennes Lancastria Fall Braun Netherlands Maastricht Mill The...
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  • against the remaining French divisions south of the River Somme in Operation Fall Rot ("Case Red"). 1941 – World War II: Four thousand Chongqing residents are...
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    Lille Battle of France Western Front 1940-05-28 1940-05-31  France Axis Fall Rot Battle of France Western Front 1940-06-05 1940-06-25  France  United Kingdom...
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