Battle of Arras (1940)

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Arras (1940) was a British-led counterattack against advancing German forces during the Battle of France in World War II, notable for briefly disrupting the German offensive with a concentrated tank assault.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Arras (1940) canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Arras counter-attack NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Arras (21 May 1940) NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	France ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Erwin Rommel NERFINISHED ⓘ Harold Franklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ Hermann Hoth NERFINISHED ⓘ Maxime Weygand NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
countryInvolved	France ⓘ Germany ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
followedBy	continued German advance to the Channel coast ⓘ encirclement of Allied forces in northern France and Belgium ⓘ
hasEndDate	1940-05-21 ⓘ
hasParticipant	British 1st Army Tank Brigade NERFINISHED ⓘ British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division NERFINISHED ⓘ British 5th Infantry Division NERFINISHED ⓘ British Expeditionary Force NERFINISHED ⓘ French 3e Division Légère Mécanique NERFINISHED ⓘ French 4e Division Cuirassée NERFINISHED ⓘ French Army NERFINISHED ⓘ German 5th Panzer Division NERFINISHED ⓘ German 7th Panzer Division NERFINISHED ⓘ German Army Group A NERFINISHED ⓘ Wehrmacht NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStartDate	1940-05-21 ⓘ
location	Arras NERFINISHED ⓘ France ⓘ Pas-de-Calais NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	British-led counterattack against German armoured forces ⓘ briefly alarming German high command ⓘ concentrated tank assault ⓘ influencing temporary halt orders in German advance ⓘ
objective	to counterattack German armoured spearheads ⓘ
partOf	Battle of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	German breakthrough at Sedan ⓘ
relatedTo	Dunkirk evacuation NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	German tactical victory ⓘ temporary disruption of German advance ⓘ
theatre	Western Front (World War II) NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedWeapon	British cruiser tanks ⓘ German Panzer I NERFINISHED ⓘ German Panzer II NERFINISHED ⓘ German Panzer III NERFINISHED ⓘ German Panzer IV NERFINISHED ⓘ Matilda I tank NERFINISHED ⓘ Matilda II tank NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Arras → wasSiteOf → Battle of Arras (1940) ⓘ

Matilda II infantry tanks → usedInTheater → Battle of Arras (1940) ⓘ

subject surface form: Matilda II infantry tank