Western Front
The nine GErman armoured divisions which breached the French line between Sedan and Namur regroup between Cambrai and Peronne.
Rommel, who had been ordered to halt the previous dayto allow his attacking troops to be regrouped, persuades his immediate superior, General Herman Hoth (Commander of the XV Armoured Corps) that his 7th Armoured Division was in a position to advance and occupy the dominating heights at Arras, about 12 miles west of CAmbrai.
In Paris, Marshall Petain is appointed Deputy Prime Minister. General Gamelin is replaced by the 73 year old GEneral Weygand, as Commander-in-Chief-of the French armed forces.
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Bibliography
World War II Magazine's WWII Day by Day Desk Diary
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