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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Case Red canonical 1

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Statements (41)

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 Rot ⓘ
linked to: Fall Blau
belligerent Nazi Germany ⓘ
commandedBy 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 ⓘ
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 of World War II ⓘ
linked to: Western Front
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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Referenced by (1)

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

Case Yellow → followedBy → Case Red ⓘ