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
Wormhoudt massacre
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The Wormhoudt massacre was the mass murder of 81 British and French POWs by Waffen-SS soldiers from the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler during the Battle of France in May 1940.
Battle of Arras (1940)
…c. 500 British killed, wounded and captured 350 killed or wounded 400 PoW 7th Panzer Division lost 37 tanks 80 Allied prisoners were murdered in the Wormhoudt massacre, by members of II Battalion, SS Infanterie-Regiment Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler Arras Arras, capital of the Pas-de-Calais, department of Nord-Pas-de-Calais…
Rebuilt barn (cowshed), Wormhoudt massacre site