Case Red

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Case Red was the German military plan for the second phase of the 1940 Western offensive, focusing on the rapid defeat and occupation of the remaining French forces after the initial breakthrough.

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Case Red canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German military plan
World War II military campaign
military operation
aim occupation of unoccupied parts of France
rapid defeat of remaining French forces
alsoKnownAs Fall Blau
surface form: Fall Rot
belligerent Nazi Germany
commandedBy Wehrmacht High Command
surface form: German High Command
conflict Battle of France
consequence Armistice of 22 June 1940
establishment of Vichy France
country Nazi Germany
endTime June 1940
follows Case Yellow
Fall Gelb (original variant)
surface form: Fall Gelb
hasPhase second phase of the 1940 Western offensive
historicalPeriod World War II
involves German armoured divisions
German infantry divisions
Luftwaffe air support
location France
Western Europe
militaryObjective force French government to seek armistice
militaryTheater Western Front
opponent France
United Kingdom
partOf Battle of France
Western Front
surface form: Western Front of World War II
precededBy German breakthrough in the Ardennes
result German occupation of most of France
German victory
collapse of French military resistance
startTime June 1940
strategy combined arms warfare
rapid offensive operations
target French defensive lines south of the Somme and Aisne
remaining French field armies
temporalContext 1940 Western offensive
usedBy German Army
Wehrmacht
year 1940

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Case Yellow followedBy Case Red