Fall Weiss 1939 - Plan details: Encyclopedia II - Fall Weiss 1939 - Plan detailsThe 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 ...
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