Historical place archive

Langres in History

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

2 records1 event labels1 people1940–1940

Historical events in Langres

1940

15 June 1940
Capture of Langres
Walter Kurt Josef Nehring · World War, 2nd

Captures the Plateau of Langres

17 June 1940
Capture of Langres
Walter Kurt Josef Nehring · World War, 2nd

Reaches the Swiss frontier, the campaign in the west reaches its final stage

Provenance

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