The Mechelen incident of 10 January 1940, also known as the Mechelen affair, took place in Belgium during the Phoney War in the first stages of World War...

ordering the invasion but was prevented by bad weather. Until the Mechelen incident in January forced a fundamental revision of Fall Gelb, the main effort...

at Maasmechelen in Belgium, carrying plans for the invasion. The Mechelen Incident was a catalyst for the doubts about Fall Gelb and led to the Manstein...

province of Limburg Mechelen-aan-de-Maas, a village within the municipality of Maasmechelen Mechelen incident, a pre-World War II incident (January 1940) whereby...

Documents with details of the plan fell into Belgian hands during the Mechelen incident on 10 January 1940 and the plan was revised several times, each giving...

in the west desired by Hitler but lasted until the Mechelen Incident of February 1940. The incident was the catalyst for an alternative plan for an encircling...

episode known as the Mechelen Incident, German Army major, Hellmuth Reinberger, crash-landed in a Messerschmitt Bf 108 near Mechelen-aan-de-Maas. Reinberger...

personnel transport and liaison aircraft. The aircraft involved in the Mechelen Incident was a Bf 108, and a Bf 108 served with the small long-range bombing...

Ángel Rodríguez, President of Costa Rica, in San José, Costa Rica Mechelen incident: A German aircraft with an officer on board carrying plans for Fall...

him from a major command post in the upcoming campaign.: 78–81  The Mechelen incident in January 1940, which provoked a response by the Allied armies and...