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Title
The Last Charge of the Spahis
Description
After successfully crossing the Mouse River. Guderian's Panzer Korps broke away from the Sedan bridgehead. ln front of them remained only scattered units. One of them, the 3rd Brigade of Spahis, North African Cavalry, was ordered to hold the road …
Publisher
Date
1940-05-15
Scenario#
HB06
Scenario Description
After successfully crossing the Mouse River. Guderian's Panzer Korps broke away from the Sedan bridgehead. ln front of them remained only scattered units. One of them, the 3rd Brigade of Spahis, North African Cavalry, was ordered to hold the road junction at la Horgne for as long as possible. The fierce sons of the desert from the two Spahi regiments hastily entrenched. The little village was quickly surrounded, and one of the two kampfgruppe of the 1st Panzer Division launched attack after attack. For more than ten hours, the Spahis held out. During the battle. the Germans lost more than 1,000 soldiers and about 20 tanks; the French lost more than 600 men. The final attack awaits you . . .
Location
La Horgne, 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 By mid-October, the French had withdrawn to their start lines.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
France
Germany

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