The 6th Panzer is Delayed

On 15 May 1940. after securing a small bridgehead over the Meuse at Monthermé. Generalmajor Kempf‘s 6th Panzer Division was halted by elements of the 102e Division d'lnfanterie, a first-rate unit under the command of General Portzert. The well concealed …

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On 15 May 1940. after securing a small bridgehead over the Meuse at Monthermé. Generalmajor Kempf‘s 6th Panzer Division was halted by elements of the 102e Division d'lnfanterie, a first-rate unit under the command of General Portzert. The well concealed French mounted stiff Resistance against the expanding German bridgehead. Forward elements of Aulklarungsabteilung 57 (reconnaissance detachment), along with Schlitzen Regiment 4 ((mot) Infantry Regiment), became isolated and unable to advance further and had to hold until the tanks of 11th Panzer Regiment arrived to clear the machinegun nests and strongholds delaying the Division's advance.

Monthermé, France

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 river with the intention of capturing Sedan and pushing northwards towards the Channel coast, to trap the Allied forces that were advancing east into Belgium, as part of the Allied Dyle Plan.

Wikipedia: Battle of Sedan (1940)

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