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...
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Battle of France (section Mechelen incident)
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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episode known as the Mechelen Incident, German Army major, Hellmuth Reinberger, crash-landed in a Messerschmitt Bf 108 near Mechelen-aan-de-Maas. Reinberger...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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