Case Yellow

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Case Yellow was the codename for Nazi Germany’s 1940 military campaign that rapidly conquered France and the Low Countries during World War II.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Case Yellow canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II campaign
military operation
alsoKnownAs Fall Gelb (original variant)
surface form: Fall Gelb
approvedBy Adolf Hitler
belligerent Belgium
France
Luxembourg
Nazi Germany
Netherlands
United Kingdom
commandedBy Fedor von Bock
Gerd von Rundstedt
conflict World War II
consequence German occupation of France
surface form: German occupation of northern France

establishment of Vichy France
Battle of France
surface form: fall of France
country Nazi Germany
endTime 1940-06-25
followedBy Case Red
hasPart Battle of the Meuse
Battle of Sedan (1940)
surface form: German breakthrough at Sedan

advance to the English Channel
encirclement at Dunkirk
invasion of Belgium
invasion of Luxembourg
Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
surface form: invasion of the Netherlands
location Belgium
France
Luxembourg
Netherlands
notableEvent Battle of France
surface form: Battle of Belgium

Battle of Dunkirk
Battle of Fort Eben-Emael
Battle of Gembloux (1940)
Battle of Hannut
Battle of Sedan (1940)
Battle of France
surface form: Battle of the Netherlands
objective defeat France
occupy the Low Countries
opponent Allied Powers of World War I
surface form: Allied Powers
partOf Western Front
surface form: Western Front of World War II
plannedBy Erich von Manstein
result German victory
startTime 1940-05-10
theatreOfWar Western Europe
timePeriod May–June 1940
usedTactic Blitzkrieg
armoured spearheads
close air support by Luftwaffe

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Referenced by (3)

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

Case White followedBy Case Yellow
Case Red follows Case Yellow