In early 1940 the LSSAH was expanded into a full independent motorized infantry regiment and a "Sturmgeschütz" (Assault Gun) battery was added to their establishment. The regiment was shifted to the Dutch border for the launch of Fall Gelb. It was to form the vanguard of the ground advance into the Netherlands, tasked with capturing a vital bridge over the IJssel, attacking the main line of defense at the "Grebbeberg" (the Grebbeline), and linking up with the "Fallschirmjäger" of "Generaloberst" Kurt Student's airborne forces, the "7.Flieger-Division" and the "22.Luftlande-Infanterie-Division".