Historical place archive

Clairfay in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Clairfay in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

1 records1 event labels1 people1940–1940

Historical events in Clairfay

1940

16 May 1940
Capture of Clairfay
Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel · World War, 2nd

Rommel captures Clairfay on the Maginot Line

Provenance

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