Editing Fall Rot (section)

{{short description|Nazi German war plan}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2019}}
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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = {{lang|de|Fall Rot}} (Case Red)
| partof            = the [[Battle of France]]
| image             = File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1994-036-09A,_Paris,_Parade_auf_der_Champs_Elysée.jpg
| image_upright = 1.23
| caption           = German Army parade on the ''[[Champs-Élysées]]''
| place             = France
| date              = 5−25 June, 1940  (3 weeks)
| territory         = Completion of German conquest of France and division of France into [[Zone libre|free]] and [[German military administration in occupied France during World War II|occupied]] zones
| result            = German victory
| combatant1        = {{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
| combatant2        = {{flagcountry|French Third Republic}}<br />{{flag|United Kingdom}}
| casualties1       = 10,000–20,000
| casualties2       = 1,500,000+
}}
{{Campaignbox Battle of France}}
{{Campaignbox Western Front (World War II)}}

'''''Fall Rot''''' ('''Case Red''') was the plan for a German military operation after the success of {{lang|de|[[Fall Gelb]]}} (Case Yellow), the [[Battle of France]], an invasion of the [[Benelux]] countries and northern France. The Allied armies had been defeated and pushed back in the north to the Channel coast, which culminated in the [[Dunkirk evacuation]]. The operation to complete the conquest of [[French Third Republic|France]] by the [[German Army (Wehrmacht)|German Army]] began on 5 June 1940.{{sfn|Frieser|2005|p=315}} {{lang|de|Fall Rot}} began with a preliminary attack over the river [[Somme (river)|Somme]] on the [[English Channel|Channel Coast]] to the [[Seine]], beginning on 5 June and the main offensive by [[Army Group A]] on 9 June further east over the [[river]] [[Aisne (river)|Aisne]].{{sfn|Frieser|2005|p=315}}