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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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. Furthermore, a Bf 108 served with the small long-range...
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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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    air-raid precautions network in occupied Poland. However, after the Mechelen Incident, in which an aircraft made a forced landing in Belgium with copies...
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