Battle of Arras (1940)
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The Battle of Arras took place on 21 May 1940, during the Battle of France in the Second World War. Following the German invasion of the Low Countries on 10 May, French and British forces advanced int
The Matilda I tank was armed with a machine-gun
Matilda I in France, showing the cramped driver's compartment and the hatch obstructing the turret
Matilda II on exercise in Britain in 1941
Battle of Abbeville
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The Battle of Abbeville took place from 27 May to 4 June 1940, near Abbeville during the Battle of France in the Second World War. On 20 May, the 2nd Panzer Division advanced 56 mi to Abbeville on the
Photograph from the south of Mont Caubert in 2009