Battle of Arras

Name: Battle of Arras
Start: 1940-05-21

21 May 1940 · 50.25° N, 2.70° E

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When: 21 May 1940
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 50.25° N, 2.70° E
Description: 1940 World War II event
War: World War II

Battle of Arras (1940)

Battle during World War II

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 had evolved into a decoy operation in the Netherlands and Belgium, with the main effort through the Ardennes.

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Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “contre-offensive franco-britannique dans la région d'Arras”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Битва при Аррасе между британским экспедиционным корпусом и французскими войсками с одной стороны и вермахтом с другой”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page

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