Battle
Battle of Sedan (1940)
12 May 1940 – 15 May 1940 · Sedan, Meuse
Guderian's XIX Panzer Corps reached the Meuse at Sedan on 12 May 1940 after crossing the Ardennes and forced the river on 13 May under massive Luftwaffe support. The French 55th Infantry Division collapsed, and by 15 May German armour had broken into open country and turned west towards the Channel. The breakthrough decided the Battle of France.
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