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Boulogne, the 1st Panzer Division to take Calais and the 10th Panzer division to seize Dunkirk. Most of the BEF and the French First Army were still 62 mi (100 km) from the coast but despite delays, British troops were sent from England to Boulogne and Calais just in time to forestall the XIX Corps panzer divisions on 22 May. Frieser wrote that had the panzers advanced at the same speed on 21 May as they had on 20 May, before the halt order stopped their advance for
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counter-encirclement and cut off the panzers on the channel coast. Halder had been willing to run the risk because of the incapacity of the Allies to achieve a fast tempo of operations. The Allied attack was contained because Rommel improvised a gun line of anti-tank guns and anti-aircraft guns, that
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to remain in position. The XLI Corps (Reinhardt) sent a division eastwards as a precaution and Kleist diverted the 10th Panzer
Division and parts of the 1st Panzer Division and the 2nd Panzer Division from XIX Corps (Guderian) to hold the bridgehead over the Somme, which slowed the advance to Dunkirk
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guns knocked out several
Matilda I tanks. Some larger Matilda II tanks among the Matilda Is advanced through the artillery and anti-tank fire unscathed, German shells bouncing off their armour. The tanks destroyed the German anti-tank guns with return fire and rolled over them, killing the crews. The
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to support the
British attack but sent no details of the attack front, no targets and no zero hour for the attack. D'Astier was also unable to contact the First Army headquarters or the HQ of the Air Component RAF of the BEF, which was out of action, as it was moving back to bases in England. French
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an area of over 40 sq mi (100 km). A force based on the 151st
Infantry Brigade (Brigadier J. A. Churchill), was to advance from the west of Arras and move round to the Cojeul River; the 13th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier M. C. Dempsey) of the 5th Infantry Division was then to cross the
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Rommel ordered Panzer-Regiment 25 to return and cut off the
British tanks but south of Duisans it met French tanks covering the British right flank and only pushed through after a long and costly engagement. When the German tanks had broken through a British anti-tank gun line, between Duisans and
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were still operational and both tank battalion commanders had been killed; during the evening, Franklyn ordered both columns to withdraw. French cavalry remained near Warlus, was surrounded during the night and only a few tanks managed to break out. The infantry of the Right Column in Warlus were
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The crisis among the higher staffs of the German Army was not apparent at the front, and Halder formed the same conclusion as
Guderian; that the real threat was that the Allies would retreat to the channel coast too quickly, and a race for the Channel Ports began. Guderian ordered the 2nd Panzer
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Franklyn had been to plan a limited attack south of Arras, to relieve the garrison. Changes made by Ironside for a more ambitious combined attack with the French, were not communicated to Franklyn, who used most of Frankforce defensively, to reinforce Arras and
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missing and captured, as many as the first four days of operations, which included the Meuse crossing, although 90 of the missing returned to their units. In 1953, Lionel Ellis, the
British official historian, quoted the 7th Panzer Division war diary, which recorded the loss of nine medium and
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of Belgium told Gort that he did not expect the BEF to risk itself to keep contact with the Belgian army, but warned the British that if they persisted with the southern offensive, the Belgians would be overstretched and collapse. Leopold suggested that the Allies should establish a beachhead
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Constrained by the limited forces available to them, the Anglo-French offensive was carried out by a small mixed force of British and French tanks and infantry who advanced south from Arras. The Allies made some early gains and panicked a number of German units but after an advance of up to
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depleted tank battalions could be assembled in time. The panzer divisions had moved on, only small detachments having been left in Cambrai and the marching infantry divisions were not due until later in the day. The French attack reached the fringe of Cambrai only to be stopped by the
1717:(1Ăšre DLM) had been destroyed in the earlier battles and the rest had been distributed among infantry divisions and could not be reassembled in time, despite threats to court-martial officers who refused to release the tanks. By 21 May, Prioux could only contribute a few tanks of the
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Concern about more Anglo-French counter-attacks against the panzer corridor before non-motorised German infantry divisions caught up, led Hitler to order the panzer advance to stop until the situation at Arras had been restored. The Allies used the pause to reinforce the
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of the 9th DLI, covered by the anti-tank guns of the brigade reserve in MarĆuil. The Left Column troops in Agny and Beaurains were bombed and then attacked by tanks as they retreated, one party missing the road (and eventually reaching Boulogne). The 7th Panzer Division
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Warlus, the British tanks had already returned; the British attack had turned into a disaster and only 28 of the 88 tanks committed returned to their start line. The 6th Panzer Division signalled that "a strong enemy force was making a breakthrough" which caused alarm
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of the 4th RTR, 6th DLI, 368th Battery, 92nd Field Regiment RA, 206th Battery, 52nd Anti-Tank Regiment RA, a platoon of the 151st Brigade Anti-Tank Company, one company and a scout platoon of the 4th Northumberland Fusiliers, were to cross the ArrasâDoullens road at
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Division. The advanced guard suffered many casualties, retreated to Warlus and German tanks counter-attacked at Warlus and Duisans. The German attacks were repulsed but managed to cut the road between the villages and the Right Column was unable to advance further.
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of the 7th Panzer Division to the west. Two companies of the 8th DLI and two troops of the 260th Anti-Tank Battery were left to garrison the village and then the depleted column captured Warlus against stronger opposition and had to leave another garrison behind.
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Division into confusion and almost overrunning its headquarters. When the British tanks broke through the German anti-tank screen, the infantry stood their ground, encouraged by Rommel, even after the British tanks had rolled over their anti-tank guns.
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was attacked while advancing towards Agny by a British column advancing from Dainville, which knocked out several vehicles; more British tanks attacked from the north and caught the regimental convoys strung out along the road on their right flank.
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despite Gort having doubts about the French plan. (Billotte took part in a meeting in Ypres from 19 to 21 May. Driving back after this meeting, he had a road accident. Billotte fell into a coma and died soon afterwards, leaving the Allied
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of the French armed forces, ordered the armies trapped in Belgium and northern France to fight their way south, to link up with French forces attacking northwards from the Somme river. On the evening of 19 May, the French Prime Minister
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An advance by the 3e DLM, to screen the right flank of the British force was also poorly prepared with insufficient liaison, the French not being told of the timing and direction of the British attack. In the confusion an exchange of
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guns and many of the tanks were knocked out. Individual tanks kept going but there were no reserves to consolidate and exploit the success and the advance was stopped in mutually-costly fighting. To the east of Arras, the
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moved on Boulogne and Calais. At OKW the panic was worse and Hitler contacted Army Group A on 22 May, to order that all mobile units were to operate either side of Arras and infantry units were to operate to the east.
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The 7th Panzer Division had captured Cambrai and advanced to the area south of Arras. For 21 May, the division was ordered to wheel west around Arras and attack to the north, capturing crossings over the Scarpe at
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on 22 May but was still hampered by a "near paralysis" in the German command, Rundstedt ordering that the instructions from OKH were to be ignored and the advance on Boulogne and Calais would have to wait. At
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was planned by the British and French to relieve the pressure on the British garrison in the town of Arras and was not coordinated with an attack by the French from the south of the German panzer corridor.
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rescued, because six French tanks arrived with two armoured infantry vehicles and broke out through the German position on the WarlusâDuisans road. The garrison in Duisans also retired after dark, in the
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to probe towards Acq 6.2 mi (10 km) forward with two motorised infantry regiments to follow later, which left most of the division without tanks. Rommel led the advance but returned around
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British tanks were eventually stopped short of Hill 111 by fire from another artillery battery but other tanks bypassed the area on both sides. On the southern flank of the 7th Panzer Division, the
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to the south-west but Gort had only two divisions available for an attack. Ironside met Billotte, finding him apparently incapable of taking action. Ironside returned to Britain and ordered urgent
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commander, ordered the tanks to halt, with the support of Rundstedt. On 22 May, when the attack had been repulsed, Rundstedt ordered that the situation at Arras must be restored before
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and received small-arms fire from a wood. The column had to fight through Duisans, which was occupied by German infantry and French tanks on the right, reported tanks of
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attacked across the Scarpe towards Tilloy and the 13th Infantry Brigade captured a bridgehead further east, ready for the second phase of the attack by Frankforce.
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covering Dunkirk and the Belgian channel ports instead. The BEF reinforced
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6.2 mi (10 km), they were forced to withdraw after dark to avoid
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between Mercatel and Ficheux and then pressed on, throwing the motorised
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from 12 to 15 May and crossed the Meuse. A French counter-attack at the
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was put in charge of Frankforce, improvised from his division, the
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of its vehicles, much of the loss being caused by the aircraft of
3057:(English trans. ed.). Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press.
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was awarded to the British units involved in the counter-attack.
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1319:. The attack was a failure but had a disproportionate effect on
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A Pictorial History of the 4th and the 7th Royal Tank Regiment
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The War Illustrated, 20 September 1940, p. 282 Battle of Arras
3137:(Pen & Sword ed.). Barnsley: Hodder & Stoughton.
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The German Army 1933â1945, its Political and Military Failure
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perceived a "serious threat" and informed Lieutenant-General
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Modern map of Agny and vicinity (commune FR insee code 62004)
1459:, cutting the lines of communication of the Allied armies of
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reconnaissance aircraft were shot down or chased away until
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to the south, was defeated by an improvised defence and the
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when the infantry failed to arrive and at the positions of
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Attacking to the south-west was rejected and OKH ordered
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Rommel noted in his diary that his division had lost
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and urged Gort to save the BEF, by attacking towards
3035:(pbk. Osprey, Oxford ed.). Oxford: Bloomsbury.
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1698:) of the French First Army, which had fought at the
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on the Meuse had disintegrated under the attacks of
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SS Infanterie-Regiment Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
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The Battle for France & Flanders Sixty Years On
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2396:List of British military equipment of World War II
1632:British Expeditionary Force order of battle (1940)
263:60 tanks lost (Frankforce), including 2 Matilda II
2477:
2406:List of German military equipment of World War II
2401:List of French military equipment of World War II
1581:Situation on 4 June 1940 and actions since 21 May
1518:had sacked Gamelin and replaced him with General
1490:, commander of the BEF, at his headquarters near
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2169:from the beginning. XIX Corps attacked again at
1979:. Another 2 mi (3.2 km) further on at
1788:Modern map of Arras (commune FR insee code 62041
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3283:The Defence of Arras: 2nd Bn Wiltshire Regiment
2182:(40 km) wide at Arras and vulnerable to a
1926:attacked the Right Column for twenty minutes.
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3248:Taylor, A. J. P.; Mayer, S. L., eds. (1974).
3099:(repr. Penguin ed.). London: Macmillan.
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3135:The Flames of Calais: A Soldiers Battle 1940
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6661:Tank battles involving the United Kingdom
6646:Battles of World War II involving Germany
1771:tanks, very well armoured and carrying a
1331:(OKW, German armed forces high command).
281:80 Allied prisoners were murdered in the
156:
6641:Battles of World War II involving France
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3002:The War in France and Flanders 1939â1940
2958:. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas.
2312:
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2282:taken prisoner. The British lost around
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1709:cavalry tanks. Many of the tanks of the
1628:Order of battle for the Battle of France
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1280:. Following the German invasion of the
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3293:US army report on the Battle of France
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1272:took place on 21 May 1940, during the
6028:Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
5460:Japanese invasion of French Indochina
5106:Italian prisoners in the Soviet Union
5062:Finnish prisoners in the Soviet Union
4160:Rape during the occupation of Germany
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2005:, where the tanks ran into a line of
1686:Franklyn had support from the French
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271:British killed, wounded, and captured
5150:Polish prisoners in the Soviet Union
4175:Rape during the liberation of France
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1443:German spearheads broke through the
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274:350 killed or wounded, 400 captured
3116:The Fall of France: Act with Daring
2977:. Vol. I. Hensham: Ian Allan.
2916:(2nd ed.). London: Brassey's.
2186:. The Allies could have achieved a
1484:Chief of the Imperial General Staff
13:
5376:German invasion of the Netherlands
3649:Weather events during World War II
3172:
3156:. Marlborough: The Crowood Press.
1737:and one in reserve as well as the
1669:50th (Northumbrian) Motor Division
1505:On the morning of 20 May, General
14:
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6007:Northern Burma and Western Yunnan
3271:
2682:de Zeng, Stankey & Creek 2009
2670:de Zeng, Stankey & Creek 2009
2144:tank was armed with a machine-gun
2054:, they attacked the transport of
1571:
1543:) attacked north from the Somme.
276:7th Panzer Division lost 37 tanks
6567:
3332:
3080:. London: Hodder and Stoughton.
3033:Case Red: The Collapse of France
2374:
2340:, Chief of the General Staff of
1643:Zone d'Opérations Aériennes Nord
308:
301:
207:
158:
143:
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3266:– via Archive Foundation.
3090:– via Archive Foundation.
3007:History of the Second World War
2968:– via Archive Foundation.
1879:
1721:3iĂšme Division LĂ©gĂšre MĂ©canique
6656:Tank battles involving Germany
6254:Vietnamese famine of 1944â1945
3957:Territorial changes of Germany
3865:Indonesian National Revolution
3231:Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man
3182:; Taylor, M. D., eds. (2001).
2321:on exercise in Britain in 1941
2308:
1964:
1778:
1713:1Ăšre Division LĂ©gĂšre MĂ©canique
285:, by members of II Battalion,
1:
6651:Tank battles involving France
5654:Japanese invasion of Thailand
5605:Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
5369:German invasion of Luxembourg
3743:Mediterranean and Middle East
3229:Sebag-Montefiore, H. (2006).
3097:To Lose a Battle: France 1940
2901:
2252:
1371:) defeated the French at the
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309:
265:
245:
6666:Tank battles of World War II
5561:Invasion of the Soviet Union
5250:Occupation of Czechoslovakia
4561:Independent State of Croatia
3114:Marix Evans, Martin (2000).
2411:
2232:I and VIII arrived and made
2125:
2074:(German time) II Battalion,
1749:(7th RTR), a force of about
196:3e Division LĂ©gĂšre MĂ©canique
7:
6545:End of World War II in Asia
6385:Western invasion of Germany
5892:Chinese famine of 1942â1943
5869:Second Battle of El Alamein
5439:Hundred Regiments Offensive
5411:Battle of the Mediterranean
5264:Italian invasion of Albania
3431:Air warfare of World War II
3210:(2001 ed.). New York:
3076:Dunkirk: The Necessary Myth
2389:
2278:British records noted some
2130:
1663:, commander of the British
1541:Antoine-Marie-BenoĂźt Besson
10:
6682:
6471:Naval bombardment of Japan
5839:First Battle of El Alamein
5758:Battle of Christmas Island
5703:Japanese invasion of Burma
5467:Italian invasion of Greece
5383:German invasion of Belgium
5355:German invasion of Denmark
5328:1939â1940 Winter Offensive
5197:Second Italo-Ethiopian War
3454:Comparative military ranks
3252:A History Of World War Two
3152:Rodger, Alexander (2003).
1625:
1566:
1350:
1327:Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
1250:Raids on the Atlantic Wall
1245:Strategic Bombing Campaign
16:Battle during World War II
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6392:BratislavaâBrno offensive
6332:
6323:Dutch famine of 1944â1945
6060:
5947:Allied invasion of Sicily
5901:
5807:Aleutian Islands campaign
5779:Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign
5726:
5717:Greek famine of 1941â1944
5612:Second Battle of Changsha
5517:German invasion of Greece
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5362:Battle of ZaoyangâYichang
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3256:. London: Octopus Books.
3095:Horne, Alistair (1982) .
3072:Harman, Nicholas (1980).
2236:on the retiring tanks by
2009:and artillery, including
1991:, before a party reached
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5984:Allied invasion of Italy
5961:Solomon Islands campaign
5710:Third Battle of Changsha
5307:First Battle of Changsha
5213:Second Sino-Japanese War
4146:German military brothels
4012:United States war crimes
3186:. Barnsley: Leo Cooper.
2799:, pp. 276â277, 285.
2502:, pp. 278â279, 280.
1935:belonging to I, and III
1823:Northumberland Fusiliers
1636:Georges ordered General
6406:Second Guangxi campaign
6261:Philippines (1944â1945)
5765:Battle of the Coral Sea
5668:Fall of the Philippines
5314:Battle of South Guangxi
5220:Battles of Khalkhin Gol
4619:Italian Social Republic
2359:Panzergruppe von Kleist
2344:Oberkommando des Heeres
2333:Panzergruppe von Kleist
2305:and forced to retreat.
2159:Panzergruppe von Kleist
2045:PanzerjÀgerabteilung 42
1952:Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
1747:7th Royal Tank Regiment
1743:4th Royal Tank Regiment
1476:Alphonse Joseph Georges
5991:Armistice of Cassibile
5793:Battle of Dutch Harbor
5744:Battle of the Java Sea
5647:Attack on Pearl Harbor
5547:SyriaâLebanon campaign
5540:Battle of South Shanxi
5510:Invasion of Yugoslavia
5293:Battle of the Atlantic
4907:Korean Liberation Army
4613:(until September 1943)
4570:(until September 1944)
4548:(until September 1944)
3133:Neave, Airey (2003) .
2672:, pp. 76, 82, 91.
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1414:Wolfram von Richthofen
1409:
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1286:
328:Arras, capital of the
287:
173:Commanders and leaders
6155:Second Battle of Guam
6051:Bengal famine of 1943
6021:Second Battle of Kiev
5977:Battle of the Dnieper
5682:Battle of Wake Island
5554:East African campaign
5496:Battle of South Henan
5141:atrocities by Germans
4914:Korean Volunteer Army
3888:Occupation of Germany
3642:Music in World War II
3055:The Blitzkrieg Legend
3031:Forczyk, R. (2019) .
3026:– via Hyperwar.
2950:Corum, James (1997).
2748:, pp. 91â92, 95.
2566:, pp. 83, 87â90.
2316:
2294:Subsequent operations
2270:several light tanks,
2201:
2138:
2029:
1850:
1796:
1786:
1739:13th Infantry Brigade
1731:Durham Light Infantry
1681:1st Army Tank Brigade
1665:5th Infantry Division
1579:
1383:4e Division Cuirassée
943:Battle of Britain Day
258:Casualties and losses
253:5,000â10,000 infantry
240:88 tanks (Frankforce)
213:1st Army Tank Brigade
200:5th Infantry Division
6441:Surrender of Germany
5919:Battle of West Hubei
5876:Guadalcanal campaign
5846:Battle of Stalingrad
5772:Battle of Madagascar
4539:Albania protectorate
4326:(formerly Swaziland)
4035:Wehrmacht war crimes
3851:Expulsion of Germans
3635:Art and World War II
3533:British contribution
3482:Governments in exile
3204:(27 December 2001).
2684:, pp. 128, 134.
2106:400 German prisoners
1694:(Lieutenant-General
1595:(Lieutenant-General
1397:10th Panzer Division
1377:Battle of Montcornet
1240:Defence of the Reich
721:The Heligoland Bight
324:class=notpageimage|
6531:Potsdam Declaration
6420:Italy (Spring 1945)
6183:Liberation of Paris
5640:Siege of Sevastopol
4651:(until August 1944)
4554:Wang Jingwei regime
4376:from September 1943
4336:from September 1944
4274:from September 1944
4134:Romanian war crimes
4125:Persecution of Jews
4111:Croatian war crimes
4081:Japanese war crimes
3895:Occupation of Japan
3844:First Indochina War
3556:Military production
3468:Declarations of war
3233:. London: Penguin.
2931:Cooper, M. (1978).
2883:, pp. 287â288.
2787:, pp. 277â278.
2775:, pp. 227â228.
2736:, pp. 275â276.
2724:, pp. 276â277.
2660:, pp. 284â285.
2590:, pp. 563â564.
2578:, pp. 281â282.
2330:, the commander of
2245:Panzergruppe Kleist
2193:37 mm anti tank gun
2077:SchĂŒtzen-Regiment 7
2057:SchĂŒtzen-Regiment 7
2051:SchĂŒtzen-Regiment 6
2038:SchĂŒtzen-Regiment 6
2022:7th Panzer Division
1998:SchĂŒtzen-Regiment 7
1972:SchĂŒtzen-Regiment 6
1906:SchĂŒtzen-Regiment 7
1775:and a machine-gun.
1622:Allied preparations
1593:5th Panzer Division
1451:gap and threatened
1229:Strategic campaigns
832:YpresâComines Canal
635:YpresâComines Canal
229:7th Panzer Division
225:5th Panzer Division
204:50th Motor Division
92: /
6524:Surrender of Japan
6357:Battle of Iwo Jima
6206:Belgrade offensive
5619:Siege of Leningrad
5503:Battle of Shanggao
5432:British Somaliland
5397:Dunkirk evacuation
5348:Norwegian campaign
5286:Invasion of Poland
5113:Japanese prisoners
4074:Italian war crimes
4005:British war crimes
3920:Soviet occupations
3704:South-West Pacific
3591:Allied cooperation
3549:Military equipment
3118:. Oxford: Osprey.
2993:Ellis, Major L. F.
2696:, pp. 91â92;
2498:, pp. 75â87;
2324:
2206:
2147:
2034:
2007:anti-aircraft guns
1909:and troops of the
1895:Panzer-Regiment 25
1869:Panzer-Regiment 25
1855:
1791:
1745:(4th RTR) and the
1690:Corps de Cavalerie
1602:Panzer-Regiment 25
1584:
1511:Commander-in-chief
1369:Gerd von Rundstedt
1255:Battle of Atlantic
338:Nord-Pas-de-Calais
283:Wormhoudt massacre
6616:Conflicts in 1940
6598:
6597:
6556:
6555:
6399:Battle of Okinawa
6298:Burma (1944â1945)
6132:Mariana and Palau
5912:Tunisian campaign
5737:Fall of Singapore
5661:Fall of Hong Kong
5404:Battle of Britain
5257:Operation Himmler
5166:
5165:
4830:Dutch East Indies
4466:Southern Rhodesia
4218:
4217:
4118:Genocide of Serbs
4021:German war crimes
3998:Soviet war crimes
3991:Allied war crimes
3837:Division of Korea
3816:Chinese Civil War
3614:Strategic bombing
3526:Manhattan Project
3263:978-0-7064-0399-2
3240:978-0-14-102437-0
3221:978-0-306-81101-2
3193:978-0-85052-811-4
3163:978-1-86126-637-8
3144:978-0-85052-997-5
3125:978-1-85532-969-0
3106:978-0-14-005042-4
3087:978-0-340-24299-5
3064:978-1-59114-294-2
3042:978-1-4728-2446-2
3016:978-1-84574-056-6
2984:978-1-9065-3708-1
2965:978-0-7006-0836-2
2942:978-0-8128-2468-1
2923:978-0-08-037700-1
2835:, pp. 94â97.
2763:, pp. 94â95.
2609:, pp. 90â91.
2474:, pp. 87â89.
2462:, pp. 31â32.
2450:, pp. 75â87.
2426:, pp. 75â76.
2350:GĂŒnther von Kluge
2165:Panzergruppe Hoth
2100:Allied retirement
1741:, supporting the
1486:, conferred with
1432:French Ninth Army
1389:Charles de Gaulle
1387:(4e DCr, Colonel
1379:on 17 May by the
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5392:
5390:Battle of France
5385:
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5350:
5330:
5323:
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5309:
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5295:
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5238:
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5215:
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5199:
5192:
5177:
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5159:
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5143:
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5128:Soviet prisoners
5122:
5115:
5108:
5099:
5092:
5083:
5076:
5069:
5068:German prisoners
5064:
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4592:
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4435:
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4104:
4097:
4090:
4088:Nanjing Massacre
4083:
4076:
4067:
4065:Nuremberg trials
4058:
4051:
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4030:
4023:
4014:
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3651:
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3598:Mulberry harbour
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2997:Butler, J. R. M.
2988:
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2424:Marix Evans 2000
2421:
2384:Defence of Arras
2370:
2361:
2347:
2335:
2328:Ewald von Kleist
2304:
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2000:
1974:
1959:
1950:
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1897:
1891:
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1833:
1815:Norfolk Yeomanry
1804:
1770:
1763:
1756:
1752:
1728:
1724:
1716:
1704:
1700:Battle of Hannut
1693:
1678:
1658:
1653:
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1608:
1604:
1562:
1547:King Leopold III
1539:
1533:
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1464:
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1423:
1419:
1412:
1406:
1386:
1367:
1353:Battle of France
1341:Operation Dynamo
1330:
1289:
1278:Second World War
1274:Battle of France
1092:Atlantic Pockets
696:
692:Western Front of
684:
677:
670:
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383:Battle of France
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33:Battle of France
23:
22:
6681:
6680:
6676:
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6626:May 1940 events
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6176:Eastern Romania
6174:
6169:Warsaw Uprising
6167:
6162:Tannenberg Line
6160:
6153:
6148:Western Ukraine
6146:
6137:
6130:
6121:
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5945:
5940:Battle of Kursk
5938:
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5751:St Nazaire Raid
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5531:
5524:Battle of Crete
5522:
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5508:
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5494:
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5453:Eastern Romania
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5014:Western Ukraine
5012:
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4958:Northeast China
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4628:Empire of Japan
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4140:Sexual violence
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3858:Greek Civil War
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3683:South-East Asia
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3542:Military awards
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3202:Guderian, Heinz
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3173:Further reading
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1757:The tanks were
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1671:(Major-General
1661:Harold Franklyn
1656:
1640:, commander of
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1624:
1606:
1582:
1574:
1569:
1559:Groupe d'Armées
1537:Général d'armée
1530:Groupe d'Armées
1507:Maurice Gamelin
1480:Edmund Ironside
1472:Général d'armée
1467:Gaston Billotte
1462:Groupe d'armées
1421:
1417:
1373:Battle of Sedan
1355:
1349:
1300:English Channel
1296:Battle of Sedan
1270:Battle of Arras
1266:
1265:
1264:
1259:
986:St Nazaire Raid
938:The Hardest Day
805:Fort Eben-Emael
791:Rotterdam Blitz
749:The Netherlands
697:
693:
690:
688:
658:
653:
596:Fort Eben-Emael
582:Rotterdam Blitz
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5926:Battle of Attu
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5675:Battle of Guam
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5598:Battle of Kiev
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5120:Soviet Union
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4671:Vichy France
4576:German Reich
4473:Soviet Union
4459:South Africa
4452:Sierra Leone
4405:Newfoundland
4224:Participants
4207:Marocchinate
3911:
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3750:North Africa
3711:Indian Ocean
3570:Nazi plunder
3461:Cryptography
3334:World War II
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2619:Forczyk 2019
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2338:Franz Halder
2325:
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2256:
2229:Fliegerkorps
2211:
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2151:Lionel Ellis
2148:
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1883:
1880:Right Column
1856:
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1811:Right Column
1810:
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1516:Paul Reynaud
1504:
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1437:Fliegerkorps
1427:Fliegerkorps
1403:Fliegerkorps
1358:Army Group A
1356:
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1317:encirclement
1313:
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457:
436:
431:Weygand Plan
429:
425:Maginot Line
404:Royal Marine
402:
219:
218:SS Division
184:Erwin Rommel
124:Belligerents
31:Part of the
18:
6313:Bodenplatte
6199:Gothic Line
5425:West Africa
4972:Philippines
4951:Netherlands
4816:Czech lands
4754:Switzerland
4698:Afghanistan
4642:Philippines
4510:Puerto Rico
4426:Philippines
4412:New Zealand
4398:Netherlands
4351:Free France
4102:Prosecution
3903:Osoaviakhim
3773:West Africa
3757:East Africa
3404:Conferences
2910:Bond, Brian
2893:Rodger 2003
2809:Harman 1980
2773:Cooper 1978
2309:Halt orders
2280:400 Germans
2263:116 wounded
2234:300 attacks
1965:Left Column
1827:Left Column
1779:Allied plan
1727:15,000 men,
1703:(12â14 May)
1696:René Prioux
1615:-Regiment 7
1465:1 (General
1128:Blockbuster
1036:Netherlands
991:Dieppe Raid
786:Afsluitdijk
711:River Forth
577:Afsluitdijk
540:Netherlands
99: /
61:21 May 1940
6605:Categories
6413:West Hunan
6246:Pointblank
5582:Silver Fox
5568:Summer War
5321:Winter War
5300:Phoney War
5081:Azerbaijan
5042:Yugoslavia
4937:Luxembourg
4779:Resistance
4519:Yugoslavia
4384:Luxembourg
4186:Sook Ching
3982:War crimes
3584:Technology
3577:Opposition
3519:Lend-Lease
3496:Australian
3489:Home front
3447:Blitzkrieg
3397:Casualties
3388:Commanders
3360:Operations
2902:References
2833:Ellis 2004
2761:Ellis 2004
2746:Ellis 2004
2710:Horne 1982
2694:Ellis 2004
2646:Ellis 2004
2607:Ellis 2004
2588:Horne 1982
2564:Ellis 2004
2552:Horne 1982
2512:Ellis 2004
2496:Ellis 2004
2472:Ellis 2004
2460:Neave 2003
2448:Ellis 2004
2436:Corum 1997
2319:Matilda II
2253:Casualties
2218:6:00 p.m.,
2176:12:40 p.m.
2070:At around
2011:88 mm Flak
1901:Berneville
1832:2:00 p.m.,
1768:Matilda II
1761:Matilda Is
1733:(DLI), of
1675:) and the
1657:4:00 p.m.,
1626:See also:
1393:Montcornet
1347:Background
1343:possible.
1135:Lumberjack
1005:Baby Blitz
970:Donnerkeil
928:Kanalkampf
851:Montcornet
756:Maastricht
735:Luxembourg
705:Phoney War
642:Luxembourg
547:Maastricht
532:Fall Braun
420:Montcornet
334:department
269: 500
249: 225
6478:Manchuria
6364:Indochina
6140:Bagration
5591:Lithuania
5236:Anschluss
5033:Viet Minh
4930:Lithuania
4872:Hong Kong
4635:Manchukuo
4590:Azad Hind
4249:Australia
4049:Aftermath
3912:Paperclip
3807:Aftermath
3607:Total war
3475:Diplomacy
3438:In Europe
3022:31 August
2516:Bond 1990
2484:Bond 1990
2412:Footnotes
2302:Luftwaffe
2238:8:30 p.m.
2171:8:00 a.m.
2149:In 1953,
2142:Matilda I
2126:Aftermath
2093:Totenkopf
2072:4:00 p.m.
2063:Totenkopf
1989:Beaurains
1981:Achicourt
1977:Dainville
1957:Totenkopf
1923:Luftwaffe
1913:Totenkopf
1890:2:30 p.m.
1872:south of
1755:74 tanks.
1751:2,000 men
1707:SOMUA S35
1705:with its
1607:4:00 p.m.
1488:Lord Gort
1422:80 of 155
1287:Fall Gelb
1235:The Blitz
1218:Nuremberg
1213:Heilbronn
1198:Frankfurt
1183:Paderborn
1161:Undertone
1114:Veritable
1107:Blackcock
999:1944â1945
956:1941â1943
890:Abbeville
771:Rotterdam
766:The Hague
607:Dyle Plan
562:Rotterdam
557:The Hague
471:Abbeville
464:Wormhoudt
220:Totenkopf
6589:Category
6538:document
6448:document
6305:Ardennes
6289:Budapest
6237:Crossbow
6115:Overlord
5954:Smolensk
5172:Timeline
5007:Slovakia
4993:Thailand
4844:Ethiopia
4809:Bulgaria
4733:Portugal
4664:Thailand
4546:Bulgaria
4324:Eswatini
4317:Ethiopia
4270:Bulgaria
4095:Unit 731
4056:Response
3873:Keelhaul
3823:Cold War
3796:Americas
3787:timeline
3780:Atlantic
3660:Theaters
3180:Bond, B.
3053:(2005).
2912:(1990).
2390:See also
2369:24 hours
2354:4th Army
2288:88 tanks
2261:killed,
2131:Analysis
2120:laagered
1993:Wancourt
1915:Division
1801:â
1677:74 tanks
1613:SchĂŒtzen
1453:Boulogne
1418:32 tanks
1391:), from
1292:Ardennes
1203:WĂŒrzburg
1082:2nd Alps
1076:Nordwind
1018:Chastity
1011:Overlord
963:Cerberus
949:Sea Lion
933:Adlertag
907:1st Alps
866:Boulogne
822:Gembloux
727:Wikinger
625:Gembloux
601:K-W Line
489:Fall Rot
442:Boulogne
410:Ardennes
235:Strength
66:Location
6515:Shumshu
6282:Hungary
6229:Estonia
6213:Lapland
6191:Dragoon
6124:Neptune
6106:Ichi-Go
6072:Tempest
6014:Changde
5969:Cottage
5861:Jubilee
5577:Finland
5475:Compass
5181:Prelude
5134:Finland
5020:Vietnam
4986:Romania
4858:Germany
4837:Estonia
4823:Denmark
4802:Belgium
4795:Austria
4788:Albania
4719:Ireland
4705:Andorra
4689:Neutral
4649:Romania
4583:Hungary
4568:Finland
4440:Romania
4332:Finland
4310:Denmark
4256:Belgium
4242:Algeria
3948:Romania
3934:Hungary
3690:Pacific
3414:General
3368:Leaders
3353:Battles
3346:Outline
2999:(ed.).
2284:100 men
2272:378 men
2267:173 men
1938:Gruppen
1886:MarĆuil
1874:Duisans
1679:of the
1646:of the
1567:Prelude
1449:Cambrai
1445:Peronne
1276:in the
1223:Hamburg
1193:TF Baum
1175:Varsity
1168:Plunder
1146:Cologne
1141:Remagen
1121:Grenade
1099:Germany
1065:Scheldt
1025:Dragoon
921:Britain
876:Dunkirk
798:Belgium
776:Zeeland
589:Belgium
567:Zeeland
514:Lagarde
452:Dunkirk
166:Germany
84:50°15âČN
35:in the
6492:Debate
6464:Taipei
6457:Borneo
6035:Tarawa
5229:Europe
5190:Africa
4979:Poland
4965:Norway
4944:Malaya
4923:Latvia
4865:Greece
4851:France
4747:Sweden
4712:Bhutan
4433:Poland
4419:Norway
4391:Mexico
4358:Greece
4344:France
4282:Canada
4263:Brazil
4233:Allies
4179:Serbia
4168:Poland
3941:Poland
3927:Baltic
3720:Europe
3422:Topics
3374:Allied
3260:
3237:
3218:
3190:
3160:
3141:
3122:
3103:
3084:
3061:
3039:
3013:
2981:
2962:
2939:
2920:
2352:, the
2259:89 men
2223:Stukas
2210:88 mm
2003:Tilloy
1948:Gruppe
1932:Stukas
1864:Warlus
1843:3e DLM
1838:Battle
1825:and a
1524:Scarpe
1509:, the
1496:Amiens
1457:Calais
1440:VIII.
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1321:Hitler
1208:Kassel
1154:Gisela
1053:Aachen
882:Dynamo
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856:Saumur
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810:Hannut
620:Hannut
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6084:Anzio
6042:Makin
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5884:Torch
5853:Rzhev
5814:Kiska
4900:Korea
4886:Japan
4879:Italy
4761:Tibet
4740:Spain
4611:Italy
4372:Italy
4365:India
4289:China
4164:Japan
3764:Italy
3676:China
3628:Women
2082:88 mm
1803:Ellis
1552:Arras
1308:Arras
1070:Bulge
1059:Queen
901:Paula
895:Lille
861:Arras
846:Sedan
816:David
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437:Arras
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5277:1939
5206:Asia
5053:POWs
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