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Episode 181, the Fall of France, Fall, GELB.

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German plans for an attack in the West would originate in the last days of the fighting

in Poland.

But the Polish military clearly defeated, units began to move

to the west both to defend the Western frontier, but also to begin preparations for an attack.

On October 9th, Hitler would issue Directive Number 6, which stated that the goal of the upcoming

German attack was to, quote, defeat as much as possible of the French army and of the forces of the allies

fighting on their side, and at the same time to win as much territory as possible in Holland,

Belgium, and northern France, to serve as a base for the successful prosecution of the air

and sea war against England, and as a wide protective area for the economically vital

rur." It's worth pointing out that these initial goals did not speak of the defeat of France,

only the capture of the low countries and then pushing the French back away from the Rur region.

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