The Dyle plan or Plan D was the plan of the commander-in-chief of the French Army, Général d'armée Maurice Gamelin, to defeat a German attempt to invade...
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Dyle may refer to: Dyle (river), a river in central Belgium, tributary of the Rupel Dyle, Poland, a village Dyle plan, a French plan for defending against...
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The Dyle (French: [dil]; Dutch: Dijle [ˈdɛilə]) is a river in central Belgium, left tributary of the Rupel. It is 86 kilometres (53 mi) long. It flows...
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manoeuvre through the Ardennes had no name. The Manstein plan was a counterpart to the French Dyle plan for the Battle of France. Lieutenant General Erich von...
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SAB DB-80 (redirect from Dyle et Bacalan DB-80)
passengers. Identical apart from their engines, they flew in mid-1930. In 1929 Dyle and Bacalan were reformed as Société Aérienne Bordelaise (SAB) who continued...
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Western Front. The BEF participated in the Dyle Plan, a rapid advance into Belgium to the line of the Dyle River, but the 1st Army Group had to retreat...
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Battle of France (section Dyle plan/Plan D)
on 9 November, the Dyle plan was adopted. On 17 November, a session of the Supreme War Council deemed it essential to occupy the Dyle Line and Gamelin issued...
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Battle of Leuven (891) (redirect from Battle of the River Dyle)
The Battle of Leuven, also called the Battle of the River Dyle, was fought in September 891 between East Francia and the Vikings. The existence of this...
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Operation David (section Defence of the Dyle)
possibility was to form a line along the course of the River Dyle, known as the Dyle Plan or "Plan D". Although this would preserve more Belgian assets and...
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