Italeri 1/72 WWII Battleset – Rommel Offensive 1940 6118

Italeri 1/72 WWII Battleset – Rommel Offensive 1940 6118

WWII : 1940 BATTLE OF ARRAS – ROMMEL’S OFFENSIVE

The Battle of Arras took place in Arras, in northeastern France, and was an

Allied counter-attack against the German Army, an attempt of British and French

armies to stop the Wehrmacht advance toward the English Channel. The division of

the British “Frankforce” used two regiments of Matilda tanks, heavily armored

for those days, as backbone of the offensive during the battle. However, the

Allied offensive was shattered against the determined resistance of the 7th

Panzer Division, commanded by General Erwin Rommel, which, despite the suffered

losses, strongly kept the position. Rommel, as German anti-tank guns were

ineffective, used field Artillery and “flak” guns to knock out the British

tanks. After the tactical defeat of Arras, the British troops retreated to the

English Channel an started up the code-named Operation Dynamo to evacuate French

territories.

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