Adolf Hitler6 October 1939
Hitler orders a conquest of the Low Countries to forestall the French and prevent Allied air power from threatening the vital German Ruhr Area
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Hitler orders a conquest of the Low Countries to forestall the French and prevent Allied air power from threatening the vital German Ruhr Area
Hitler issues a new "Fuhrer-Directive Number 6"
No mention in the Fuhrer-Directive of any immediate attack to conquer the whole of France, although the directive reads that as much as possible of the border areas in northern France should be occupied
Britain refuses Hitler's offer of peace
France refuses Hitler's offer of peace
Franz Halder, the Chief of Staff of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), the German Army High Command, presents the first plan for Fall Gelb ("Case Yellow")
Franz Halder, the Chief of Staff of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), the German Army High Command, presents the first plan for Fall Gelb ("Case Yellow")
Halder presens Aufmarschanweisung N°2, Fall Gelb, a secondary attack on The Netherlands
Hitler orders Manstein's invasion plans to be carried out
Hitler orders Manstein's invasion plans to be carried out
1st day of Fall Gelb, German forces occupy Luxembourg
Army Group B launches it's feint offensive during into The Netherlands and Belgium
German armoured units push through the Ardennes to cut off and surround the Allied units that had advanced into Belgium
Launched to prevent the Allies Treaty obligations to defend Belgium
Operation Yellow is launched to lure the BEF out of France
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