Fall Gelb 1940 (1) by Doug Dildy

Author:Doug Dildy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fall Gelb 1940 (1): Panzer Breakthrough in the West
ISBN: 9781782006466
Publisher: Osprey Publishing

From Casemate 104 ‘Paquis de Cailles’, an FCR Type A4 blockhouse, and others III/147e RIF repulsed the initial cross-river assaults by 2. Panzer-Division. Note the scaffolding on the left (evidence of lack of completion) and the effects of direct fire (‘posting’). (M. Romanych)

At this point the French defence crumbled. Overwhelmed, Lafontaine’s reservists broke and ran, allowing Balck’s riflemen to advance into a virtual vacuum. By midnight his four battalions had expanded the bridgehead to 5 miles deep, reaching Chéhéry after brushing aside a single battalion (III/295e RI) hurriedly deployed along La Marfée heights. This advance relieved the pressure on IRGD, allowing III. Bataillon to cross south of Sedan, followed by I./SR (mot.) 86 establishing a small foothold at Wadelincourt after nightfall.

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