Kleckerweise

Responding to a German bridgehead over the river near Sedan, the French ordered two tank battalions to join two reserve infantry regiments for possible action. Unfortunately it took them all night to reach their assigned positions. The attack order was issued at 0500 the next morning, before two …

1940-05-14

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Responding to a German bridgehead over the river near Sedan, the French ordered two tank battalions to join two reserve infantry regiments for possible action. Unfortunately it took them all night to reach their assigned positions. The attack order was issued at 0500 the next morning, before two of the formations had arrived. Finally at 0730 the counterstroke, comprising only the 7th Tank Battalion and 213th Infantry Regiment, set out with no reconnaissance. In the meantime the 2nd Panzer Regiment was crossing the Meuse and rushing headlong to the front line in Kleckerweise (“penny packets”), one company at a time, against their own doctrine.

Chémery, France

The Battle of Sedan or Second Battle of Sedan (12–15 May 1940) 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 (Case Yellow) 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 northwards towards the Channel coast, to trap the Allied forces that were advancing east into Belgium, as part of the Allied Dyle Plan.

French

German

Scenario Type = Standard