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Capture of Cambrai

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

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Chronological records

1940

Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel20 May 1940

Cambrai · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Rommel captures Cambrai, 12,000 enemy troops are taken

Names involved

Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel

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