Fall Gelb (original variant)

E117696

Fall Gelb (original variant) was the initial, more conventional German plan for the 1940 invasion of France and the Low Countries, later abandoned in favor of Erich von Manstein’s revised strategy.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Fall Gelb 16
Fall Gelb (original variant) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German strategic plan ⓘ
military operation plan ⓘ
approvedBy Adolf Hitler ⓘ
associatedWith Heeresgruppe A ⓘ
linked to: Army Group A

Heeresgruppe B ⓘ
linked to: German Army Group B
characteristic conventional Schlieffen-style envelopment ⓘ
conflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
contrastWith armoured thrust through the Ardennes ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
designedBy Oberkommando des Heeres ⓘ
doctrine traditional set-piece offensive ⓘ
focus main offensive through central Belgium ⓘ
historicalContext pre-Manstein revision phase of 1940 campaign planning ⓘ
influencedBy Schlieffen Plan ⓘ
languageOfName German ⓘ
meaningOfName Case Yellow ⓘ
objective defeat France ⓘ
occupy the Low Countries ⓘ
partOf Invasion of France and the Low Countries ⓘ
plannedOpponents Belgian Army ⓘ
British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Dutch Army ⓘ
French Army ⓘ
reasonForAbandonment considered predictable to Allied planners ⓘ
lack of decisive breakthrough concept ⓘ
replacedBy Manstein Plan ⓘ
revisedBy Erich von Manstein ⓘ
status abandoned ⓘ
target Belgium ⓘ
France ⓘ
Luxembourg ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
theater Western Front of World War II ⓘ
linked to: Western Front
timePeriod 1940 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manstein Plan → replacedPlan → Fall Gelb (original variant) ⓘ
Manstein Plan → operationName → Fall Gelb ⓘ
linked to: Fall Gelb (original variant)
Manstein Plan → phaseOf → Fall Gelb ⓘ
linked to: Fall Gelb (original variant)
Operation Dynamo → precededBy → Fall Gelb ⓘ
linked to: Fall Gelb (original variant)
Case Yellow → alsoKnownAs → Fall Gelb ⓘ
linked to: Fall Gelb (original variant)
Ghost Division → associatedWithCampaign → Fall Gelb ⓘ
linked to: Fall Gelb (original variant)
Panzer Group von Kleist → tookPartIn → Fall Gelb ⓘ
linked to: Fall Gelb (original variant)
Case Red → follows → Fall Gelb ⓘ
linked to: Fall Gelb (original variant)
Battle of Gembloux (1940) → operation → Fall Gelb ⓘ
linked to: Fall Gelb (original variant)
Battle of Fort Eben-Emael → operationName → Fall Gelb ⓘ
linked to: Fall Gelb (original variant)
Battle of the Meuse → involvedOperation → Fall Gelb ⓘ
linked to: Fall Gelb (original variant)
Battle of the Ardennes (1940) → partOfOperation → Fall Gelb ⓘ
linked to: Fall Gelb (original variant)
Defense of the Meuse River crossings (1940) → involvedOperation → Fall Gelb ⓘ
linked to: Fall Gelb (original variant)
Invasion of the Low Countries → militaryOperation → Fall Gelb ⓘ
linked to: Fall Gelb (original variant)
Battle of Gembloux → operation → Fall Gelb ⓘ
linked to: Fall Gelb (original variant)
XIX Panzer Corps → participatedIn → Fall Gelb ⓘ
linked to: Fall Gelb (original variant)
Meuse crossings → phaseOf → Fall Gelb ⓘ
linked to: Fall Gelb (original variant)