Case White

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Case White was the German codename for the 1939 invasion of Poland that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe.

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Case White canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German military operation
codename
military operation
alsoKnownAs Fall Weiss
Fall Weiß
belligerent Nazi Germany
Poland
casusBelli German claims of Polish aggression
commandedBy Adolf Hitler
commander Fedor von Bock
Gerd von Rundstedt
Heinz Guderian
Walther von Brauchitsch
countryOfOrigin Nazi Germany
endDate 1939-10-06
followedBy Case Yellow
Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland
surface form: Soviet invasion of Poland
hasCodenameLanguage German
hasSignificance ended the independence of the Second Polish Republic
marked the beginning of World War II in Europe
historicalPeriod 1930s
1939 in military history
implementedBy OKH
OKW
involvedUnit Wehrmacht
surface form: German Army

Kriegsmarine
Luftwaffe
justification protection of German minorities in Poland
location Poland
Second Polish Republic
militaryBranch Wehrmacht
objective defeat of the Polish Armed Forces
invasion of Poland
opponent Poland
opposedBy Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland
surface form: Polish Armed Forces
partOf European theatre of World War II
World War II
plannedBy Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
surface form: German High Command

German General Staff
surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
precededBy Gleiwitz incident
surface form: German–Polish border incidents

Gleiwitz incident
result German victory
beginning of World War II in Europe
defeat of Poland
occupation of Poland
startDate 1939-09-01
triggered British declaration of war on Germany
French declaration of war on Germany
usedWarfareType Blitzkrieg campaigns
surface form: Blitzkrieg

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Fall Weiss alsoKnownAs Case White
Plan White hasAlternativeName Case White