What the records say
- When
- 28 May 1940 – 31 May 1940
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 50.63° N, 3.06° E
- Description
- 1940 Military battle
- War
- World War II
Siege of Lille (1940)
Component of World War 2
The siege of Lille or Lille pocket took place during the Battle of France in the Second World War. The siege of the French IV Corps and V Corps of the First Army was conducted by four German infantry divisions supported by three panzer divisions.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “la poche de Lille résiste à l’encerclement allemand”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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