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Battle of Sedan
1940 • Ardennen Durchbruch
!["M108/9
14 May 1940
1st Panzer Regiment crosses pontoon bridge over the Meuse at Floing, near Sedan
[Army film office, Spandau-Ruhleben]"](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1978-062-24%2C_Floing%2C_Pontonbr%C3%BCcke_%C3%BCber_die_Maas.jpg)
"M108/9 14 May 1940 1st Panzer Regiment crosses pontoon bridge over the Meuse at Floing, near Sedan [Army film office, Spandau-Ruhleben]"
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Historical Overview
The decisive breakthrough of French lines at the Meuse.
Quick Facts
Outcome:Decisive German victory.
German Army
- Commander: Heinz Guderian
- Strength: ca. 60.000
- Casualties: unbekannt
France
- Commander: Charles Huntziger
- Strength: ca. 50.000
- Casualties: hoch
Strategic Context
Core of the Sichelschnitt plan to bypass the Maginot Line.
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