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Battle of Arras

Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1940

Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel21 May 1940

Arras · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Rommel engages the British with 88-mm anti-tank guns. 5 British Brigades stop the SS Totenkopf & manage to create a retreat to Dunkirk

Names involved

Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel

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