The "Schlieffen" Plan was Germany's stategy to invade France by invading through Germany.
Blitzkreig. Schhlieffen plan.
Blitzkreig. Schhlieffen plan.
Blitzkreig. Schhlieffen plan.
The Allies of Belgium are basically France & Britain. Because the German attack comes through Belgium, Britain acts to defend Belgiums neutrality. There is much conflict around Ypres as well as elsewhere in Belgium & France.
During World War II, the German plan to invade France through Belgium and the imposing area of the Ardennes Forest was called "Fall Gelb." Meaning "Case (or, Operation) Yellow," the plan went through numerous revisions before taking its final, and highly daring, form.
There isn't a river running on the border and separating separating France and Belgium, but there are several rivers flowing from France and into Belgium: Yser, Escaut (called Schelde in Belgium), and the Meuse river.
It is the country called Belgium.
la Wallonie. This is the southernmost region of Belgium, borduring Northern France.
The people in Belgium are called Belgians. Belgium is home to three main communities: the Dutch-speaking Flemish, the French-speaking Walloons, and a smaller German-speaking community. Despite their linguistic diversity, they are united under the Belgian nationality.
Belgium is right next to the north of France.
The battle line in France is called the Maginot line. The German line was called the Hindbergh line. The Maginot was not able to prevent the German invasion of the 1930s