Battle of Sedan (1940)

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Sedan (1940) was a decisive World War II engagement in which German forces broke through French defenses on the Meuse River, leading to the rapid collapse of France.

Aliases (2)

Battle of the Meuse (1940) ×1
German breakthrough at Sedan ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → military engagement →
alsoKnownAs	German breakthrough at Sedan (1940) →
belligerent	France → Nazi Germany → United Kingdom →
commandedBy	André Corap → Charles Huntziger → Ewald von Kleist → Gerd von Rundstedt → Heinz Guderian → Maurice Gamelin →
comparedTo	Battle of Sedan (1870) →
conflictIn	World War II →
consequence	Facilitation of the Dunkirk evacuation → Fall of Paris → French armistice of June 1940 → Isolation of Allied forces in Belgium → Rapid German advance to the Channel coast → Strategic collapse of French forces in 1940 →
country	France →
date	May 1940 →
endDate	1940-05-15 →
followedBy	Encirclement at Dunkirk → German advance to the English Channel →
front	Meuse front →
historicalPeriod	1940 in military history →
involvedUnit	French Ninth Army → French Second Army → German Army Group A → German XIX Army Corps (mot.) →
location	Ardennes → Meuse River → Sedan →
notableCommander	Heinz Guderian →
notableEvent	Collapse of French defensive line on the Meuse → German crossing of the Meuse at Sedan → Luftwaffe bombing of French positions →
notableTactic	Concentrated armored thrust through the Ardennes →
objective	Breakthrough of French defenses on the Meuse River → Outflanking of the Maginot Line →
opponent	British Expeditionary Force → French Third Republic →
partOf	Battle of France → Fall of France →
precededBy	German invasion of the Low Countries →
result	German victory →
startDate	1940-05-12 →
strategy	Blitzkrieg →
theater	Western Front (World War II) →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Case Yellow ("German breakthrough at Sedan") →	hasPart
Meuse ("Battle of the Meuse (1940)") →	historicalEventSite
Battle of France →	keyEvent
Case Yellow →	notableEvent
Battle of Dunkirk →	precededBy