Battle of Sedan (1940)
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The Battle of Sedan or Second Battle of Sedan took place in the Second World War during the Battle of France in 1940. It was part of the German Wehrmacht's operational plan codenamed Fall Gelb for an offensive through the hilly and forested Ardennes, to encircle the Allied armies in Belgium and north-eastern France. German Army Group A crossed the Meuse with the intention of capturing Sedan and pushing westwards towards the Channel coast, to trap the Allied forces that were advancing east into Belgium, as part of the Allied Dyle Plan.
German troops with French prisoners crossing the Meuse on 15 May 1940 near Sedan
View of the Meuse in the French Ardennes
German advance by 14 May 1940.
The RAF Fairey Battle suffered heavy losses over the bridgehead
Army Group A
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Army Group A was the name of three distinct army groups of the Heer, the ground forces of the Wehrmacht, during World War II.
Gerd von Rundstedt, first commander of Army Group A
Erich von Manstein, first chief of staff of Army Group A
Kuban bridgehead, February – April 1943
Kuban bridgehead, September/October 1943