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- Battle Name is exactly "Siege of Lille (1940)"
Closing the TrapScenario#: 44 Date: 28 May 1940 Location: Lille, FranceThe situation for the French and the British was desperate during the last days of May. Their remaining units were crowded in at Dunkirk on the French coast, while the Germans moved to squeeze the pocket closed around them. 7th … Panzer (GMT) — Exp. #4 The German Invasion Of France, 1940 |
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Cruinchy: Bridgehead on the SommeScenario#: 47 Date: May 27, 1940 Location: Cruinchy, FranceRommel pushes a bridgehead across the La Basse Canal at Cruinchy, battling elements of "FrankForce", composed of the 5th and 50th British Divisions, and remnants of 3rd DLM. Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #22.3 |
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Lille: Rommel AttackedScenario#: 46 Date: May 28, 1940 Location: Lille, FranceSeattered elements of the French 1st Army attempt to break out of the encírclement at Lille by attacking the blocking positions of the 7th Panzer. Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #22.3 |
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Unlucky ThirteenthScenario#: J068 Date: 5/25/1940 Location: Avalette, FranceFor four long days, the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers had held the line of the Canal de la Bassee. So tenacious was their stand that Generalmajor Rommel visited the scene to see for himself what was holding up 7th Panzer Division. Detached… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #4 |