Showing posts with label 18 May 1940. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 18 May 1940. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

1940 Chronology: 18 May


Western Front
General Guderian occupies Saint-Quentin. General Rommel reaches Camrai.

General Henri-Honre Giraud and the remnants of the 9th Army (formerly under Corap) enter Le CAteau, a small town not far from Cambrai, and are captured by the Germans, who had arrived there some hours earlier.

The Germans take Antwerp.
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Bibliography
World War II Magazine's WWII Day by Day Desk Diary