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  Across the Meuse

Date: 13 May 1940, 1520 hours
Location: Sedan, just north of Wadelincourt, the demolished Pont du Bouillonais bridge.

History: All three divisions of Guderian's Panzer Corps XIX, along with Gross Deutschland Infantry Regiment, crossed the Meuse at Sedan. The brunt of the initial attacks on13 May fell on the 147th Fortress Infantry Regiment of the 55th Division. With heavy support from the Luftwaffe and close range fire support from AFVs, AT guns (including some 88mm), and artillery, the river crossings began at 1500. The French positions on the West Bank of the Meuse consisted of barbed wire, pillboxes, trenches and other fortified positions.


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