The Need for Organisational Resilience - Chapter 1

Map 1.1: Opposing German and Allied Forces, 10th May 1940 (Dildy 2014, 4)

In the north, Heeresgruppe (Army Group) B, under the leadership of Von Bock, planned

to drive through The Netherlands and Belgium, the same route the German armed forces

took in 1914. They would be faced by the French 7th Army (Giraud), the British

Expeditionary Force (BEF) led by Lord Gort, and the French 1st Army (Blanchard).

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