Fall Weiss (1939)
See also Fall Weiss (1942)
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.
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:
- 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.
Fall Weiss was initiated on 1 September of 1939, and was the first operation of the Second World War.
Similar plans
Alongside of Fall Weiss ("Case White") German strategists prepared other variants of the plan:
See also
