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From what I gather, the Mechelen Incident is what prompted German High Command to switch to the Manstein Plan since they were spooked that the original Fall Gelb had fallen into Allied hands, and that had the incident not occurred they would have activated what amounted to Schlieffen 2.0 – which is exactly what Britain and France were expecting! Is this correct? If so, could the absence of a "sickle cut" behind Allied Lines have prevented the Fall of France? What would the implicatiions for this be around the world?
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