Modern era · 1940
Battle of Arras
The Battle of Arras took place on 21 May 1940, during the Battle of France in the Second World War. Following the German invasion of the Low Countries on 10 May, French and British forces advanced into Belgium. The German campaign plan Fall Gelb (Case Yellow) had evolved into a decoy operation in the Netherlands and Belgium, with the main effort through the Ardennes.
- When
- 21 May 1940
- Where
- Arras
- Era
- Modern
Topics
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Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Arras (1940), CC BY-SA 4.0