The Battle of Hannut was a Second World War battle fought during the Battle of Belgium which took place between 12 and 14 May 1940 at Hannut in Belgium. It was the largest tank battle in the campaign.
General Hoepner commanded Army Corps XVI at the Battle of Hannut and the Gembloux gap offensive
SOMUA S35 at the Bovington Tank Museum. It outmatched the Panzer I to IIIs in terms of armour and firepower.
The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of the Low Countries and France during the Second World War. The plan for the invasion of the Low Countries and France w
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The Withdrawal from Dunkirk, June 1940 by Charles Cundall
French soldiers in underground bunkers on the Maginot Line during the Phoney War
French soldier in the German village of Lauterbach in Saarland
The British Army in France, 22 January 1940