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 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 German Army
linked to: Wehrmacht

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 Polish Armed Forces
partOf European theatre of World War II
World War II
plannedBy German High Command
Oberkommando des Heeres
precededBy German–Polish border incidents
linked to: Gleiwitz incident

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

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Fall Weiss alsoKnownAs Case White
Plan White hasAlternativeName Case White