Maps of World War II 1939-1945

French and German Plans for the Battle of France 1940

Allied military plans expected the German armed forces to strike using a variant of the Schlieffen Plan used in the First World War. The French Dyle Plan intended to meet the German offensive in Belgium. The Germans, however, adopted a plan attributed to Erich von Manstein that placed the weight of the attack at the center of the front and thus anticipated the French plan.