Modern era · 1940
Battle of Sedan
The Battle of Sedan or Second Battle of Sedan (12–15 May 1940) took place in World War II during the Battle of France in 1940. It was part of the German Wehrmacht's operational plan codenamed Fall Gelb (Case Yellow) for an offensive through the hilly and forested Ardennes to encircle the Allied armies in Belgium and north-eastern France.
- When
- 13 May 1940
- Where
- Sedan
- Era
- Modern
Topics
Before and after
Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Sedan (1940), CC BY-SA 4.0