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Fall Weiss (German spelling Fall Weiß) was a German strategic plan for a war with Poland prepared before 1939 and put into action on 1 September 1939. Operation Fall Weiss (German spelling Fall Weiß) was a German strategic plan for a combined Axis attack launched in early 1943 against the Partisans throughout occupied Yugoslavia, in the Independent State of Croatia. ...
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Polish September Campaign Conflict World War II Date 1 September - 6 October 1939 Place Poland Result Decisive German and Soviet victory The Polish September Campaign — also known as Polish-German War of 1939, in Poland often as Wojna obronna 1939 roku (Defensive War of 1939), in Germany as Polish Campaign...
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Plan details
The plan called for start of hostilities before the declaration of war and to pursue the Blitzkrieg doctrine of lightning war. German units were to invade Poland from three directions: A Declaration of War is a formal declaration issued by a national government indicating that a state of war exists between that nation, and one or more others. ...
Blitzkrieg relied on close cooperation between infantry and panzers (tanks). ...
- main attack from Germany mainland through western Polish border
- second route of attack from northern Prusy area
- tertiary attack by German and allied Slovak units from the territory of Slovakia
All three assaults were to converge on Warsaw, while the main Polish army were to be encircled and destroyed west of the Vistula. The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (German: Preußen or Preussen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prusai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia and...
Warsaw (Polish: Warszawa, see also other names, in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto Stołeczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ...
Vistula river basin Vistula ( Polish Wisła, German Weichsel) is the longest river in Poland. ...
Fall Weiss was initiated on 1 September of 1939, and was the first operation of the Second World War. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
Similar plans Alongside of Fall Weiss ("Case White") German strategists prepared other variants of the plan: In World War II, Battle of France or Case Yellow (Fall Gelb in German) was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries, executed 10 May 1940 which ended the Phony War. ...
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Before World War II, Fall Grün (Case Green) was a German plan for an aggressive war against Czechoslovakia in 1938. ...
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In World War II, Battle of France was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries, executed 10 May 1940 which ended the Phony War. ...
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Polish September Campaign Conflict World War II Date 1 September - 6 October 1939 Place Poland Result Decisive German and Soviet victory The Polish September Campaign — also known as Polish-German War of 1939, in Poland often as Wojna obronna 1939 roku (Defensive War of 1939), in Germany as Polish Campaign...
The German order of battle for Operation Fall Weiss details the major German combat units used during Operation Fall Weiss, Germanys code name for the invasion of Poland. ...
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