20 May 1940
Capture of Abbeville
Guderains tanks break through to Abbeville
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Abbeville in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Guderains tanks break through to Abbeville
Leading panzer divisions reach the Channel near Abbeville
Races to the coast of the English Channel at Abbeville isolating the British Expeditionary Force, Belgian Army, and the French Army
Races to the coast of the English Channel at Abbeville isolating the British Expeditionary Force, Belgian Army, and the French Army
Provenance
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