Fall Weiss

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German military operation invasion plan military operation

Fall Weiss was the codename for Nazi Germany’s military plan to invade Poland in September 1939, marking the beginning of World War II in Europe.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German military operation → invasion plan → military operation →
alsoKnownAs	Case White → Plan White →
belligerent	Nazi Germany →
codenameFor	German plan for the invasion of Poland →
commander	Fedor von Bock → Gerd von Rundstedt → Johannes Blaskowitz → Walther von Brauchitsch →
conflictType	offensive operation →
country	Nazi Germany →
datePlanned	1939-04-11 →
endDate	1939-10-06 →
followedBy	German occupation of Poland → German–Soviet partition of Poland → Soviet invasion of Poland →
goal	defeat Poland quickly → partition Poland →
historicalSignificance	marked the beginning of World War II in Europe →
involvedForce	Heeresgruppe Nord → Heeresgruppe Süd → Kriegsmarine → Luftwaffe →
location	Poland →
opposedBy	Poland →
orderedBy	Adolf Hitler →
partOf	Invasion of Poland → World War II →
plannedBy	German General Staff → Oberkommando des Heeres →
planningBegan	1939-04 →
precededBy	German annexation of Czechoslovakia →
pretext	Gleiwitz incident →
relatedAgreement	Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact →
relatedProtocol	German–Soviet secret protocol on partition of Poland →
result	German victory → Soviet occupation of eastern Poland → defeat of Poland → occupation of most of Poland by Germany →
startDate	1939-09-01 →
strategy	blitzkrieg → pincer movement from north and south →
target	Second Polish Republic →
theatre	European theatre of World War II →
triggered	French declaration of war on Germany → United Kingdom declaration of war on Germany →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Case White → Invasion of Poland →	alsoKnownAs
Plan White →	hasAlternativeName