Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle17 May 1940
Launches a counterattack in the region of Laon with 80 tanks to destroy the communication of the German armoured troops
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Launches a counterattack in the region of Laon with 80 tanks to destroy the communication of the German armoured troops
The Germans had massed the bulk of their armoured force in Panzer Group von Kleist, which attacked through the comparatively unguarded sector of the Ardennes and achieved a breakthrough at Sedan with air support. Holds the Germans up at Abbeville. Appointed temporary general
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