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Title
Battle of Englefontaine
Description
On the 20th of May 1940, the 5th North African Infantry Division (5th DINA) was surrounded in the Mormal forest by several German Panzer Divisions en route to Cambrai. On the 21st of May, this division tried to break through …
Subject
Publisher
Date
1940-05-21
Scenario#
15210
Scenario Description
On the 20th of May 1940, the 5th North African Infantry Division (5th DINA) was surrounded in the Mormal forest by several German Panzer Divisions en route to Cambrai. On the 21st of May, this division tried to break through the German lines with the support of tanks from the 39th BCC and 29th Dragoons. At 8h00 in the morning, emerging from the deep forest, soldiers of the Bird battalion (24th RTT) advanced, bayonet fixed, in the open toward Engle Fontaine defended by the Germans. They were decimated by the fire of German machine-guns and artillery. At noon, 300 bodies were lying in the field in front of Engle Fontaine, only one hundred of them had escape. The stage is set, the battle lines are drawn and you are in command.
Location
Englefontaine, France
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. On 3 September 1939 France had declared war on Germany, following the German invasion of Poland. In early September 1939, France began the limited Saar Offensive. By mid-October, the French had withdrawn to their start lines. In six weeks from 10 May 1940, German forces defeated Allied forces by mobile operations, conquering France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, ending land operations on the Western Front until the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944. Italy entered the war on 10 June 1940.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Battle of France
Combatants
German
French
Additional Information
Game Type: Standard
Board Type: Countryside
Website Access: Available

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